Tag | Value |
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file | Inferential_Statistics_uva-inferential-statistics-61-en_uva-inferential-statistics-61-en |
name | uva-inferential-statistics-61-en |
section | Inferential Statistics |
type | schoice |
solution | TRUE, FALSE, FALSE |
Type | Conceptual |
Language | English |
Level | Statistical Literacy |
IRT-Difficulty | 0.791 |
p-value | 0.8953 |
A researcher conducts an experiment in which he expects a difference in average performance on a given task between conditions. He tests his results using a t-test and finds a p-value that is less than the nominal significance level of .05. Why does this statistical result not mean that the research hypothesis is definitely true?