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danielfitts88 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Dorothy conducted an experiment in which there was a 20 point difference between the experimental and control group. The statistical test suggests that this result did not occur simply by chance. Dorothy's results are said to have (found) ____.

a. statistical significance
b. practical significance
c. descriptive statistics
d. meta-analysis

Question 2

After conducting an experiment, the means for the two groups are not identical which may suggest a difference between the two groups. However, in order to be sure, you need to analyze the experimental results in terms of the likelihood that the result simply occurred by chance. This is called ____.

a. statistical significance
b. practical significance
c. descriptive statistics
d. meta-analysis