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Starlight

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Achieving statistical significance is equivalent to __________ the idea that chance alone can explain the observed results.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

Suppose a certain population was reported in the news as being 60 Republican. You take a random sample of 100 people from this population and find that 67 of your sample is Republican. What can you conclude about the news report, based on your sample results?
 a. You can't say they are wrong; your results are within the expected limits for a sample this size.
  b. A sample of size 100 is never large enough to make any conclusions either way about an entire population.
  c. You can say they are wrong because your sample results are too far away from what was reported in the news.
  d. None of the above.



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Answer to Question 1

REJECTING

Answer to Question 2

A



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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