A professor is grading a student's research paper and deducts points for the statement: Results were statistically significant at the p = .000 level. Why is this an inappropriate statement?
a) The tails of a distribution are asymptotic
b) The p value represents the confidence interval and thus should be stated as a range of values.
c) The computer output for a one-way ANOVA with correlated samples does not provide a probability statistic.
d) Probability statistics range from 1.0 to 99.9.
Question 2
A scientist invents a new drug that increases the availability of glutamate in the human nervous system. Which of the following individuals would likely benefit most from such a drug?
a) A person who is having trouble consolidating new experiences into long-term memor
b) A person who is losing the ability to retrieve old information from long-term memory
c) A person whose episodic memory is impaired but semantic memory is intact.
d) A person whose semantic memory is impaired but episodic memory is intact.
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