A researcher reports in a mainstream educational research journal that the statistic she calculated had a p .05. What does this statement mean?
A) The outcome was very unlikely assuming the null is true
B) The research finding is statistically significant
C) The research finding is not statistically significant
D) The probability of this outcome or one more extreme is less than .05

Question

A researcher reports in a mainstream educational research journal that the statistic she calculated had a p >.05. What does this statement mean?
A) The outcome was very unlikely assuming the null is true
B) The research finding is statistically significant
C) The research finding is not statistically significant
D) The probability of this outcome or one more extreme is less than .05

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A p-value greater than 0.05 indicates that the research finding is not statistically significant, meaning there is not enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis.

A Researcher Reports in a Mainstream Educational Research Journal That