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HCHenry

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on: Jun 19, 2018
What kind of statistics allow researchers to make inferences about the likelihood that their results occurred merely by chance?
 
  a. descriptive c. simple
  b. reliable d. inferential

Question 2

The null hypothesis gets its name from the meaning of the word null, which is _____.
 
  a. zero c. empirical
  b. need d. testable


amcvicar

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
Inferential statistics allow researchers to draw conclusions about how likely it is that their results occurred by chance alone.

Answer to Question 2

A
Null means zero or nothing.


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