You want to know whether typed or handwritten papers are graded differently by professors.You hope to show that there is a difference in the way typed and handwritten papers are evaluated.After the study has concluded, you find that there is a difference between the typed and handwritten papers in the grades received p

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You want to know whether typed or handwritten papers are graded differently by professors.You hope to show that there is a difference in the way typed and handwritten papers are evaluated.After the study has concluded, you find that there is a difference between the typed and handwritten papers in the grades received p < .05).What decision should you make?
A)reject the null hypothesis
B)fail to reject the null hypothesis
C)accept the null hypothesis
D)accept the research hypothesis

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Since there was a statistically significant difference found between the typed and handwritten papers, with a p-value of less than .05, we can reject the null hypothesis that there is no difference in grades between the two types of papers. Instead, we can accept the research hypothesis that there is a difference in how typed and handwritten papers are evaluated.

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