In reporting a statistical analysis, a researcher writes "p .05". By definition this implies that ______. A) the null hypothesis was proven to be true B) p

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In reporting a statistical analysis, a researcher writes "p > .05". By definition this implies that ______.
A) the null hypothesis was proven to be true
B) p < .01
C) the statistic was in the region of non-rejection
D) the differences between the means of the groups was insignificant

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A p-value greater than .05 means that the statistic was in the region of non-rejection, indicating that there is not sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis. It does not prove the null hypothesis to be true or suggest any level of significance lower than .05. It also does not necessarily indicate that the differences between the means of the groups were insignificant, as this would require additional information about effect sizes and sample sizes.

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