Each person in a random sample of university students was asked which of five flavors of ice cream he or she preferred. The resulting data was used to test the null hypothesis . The P-value associated with this test was 0.067. If a significance level of 0.05 is used for the test, which of the following is an appropriate conclusion?
A)Fail to reject , there is convincing evidence that there is no preference for one flavor of ice cream over another.
B)Fail to reject , there is not convincing evidence that there is a preference for one flavor of ice cream over another.
C)Reject , there is convincing evidence that there is no preference for one flavor of ice cream over another.
D)Reject , there is convincing evidence that there is a preference for one flavor of ice cream over another.
E)Based on the information given, it is not possible to determine whether should be rejected or not.

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Each person in a random sample of university students was asked which of five flavors of ice cream he or she preferred. The resulting data was used to test the null hypothesis  . The P-value associated with this test was 0.067. If a significance level of 0.05 is used for the test, which of the following is an appropriate conclusion? ​
A)Fail to reject , there is convincing evidence that there is no preference for one flavor of ice cream over another. 
B)Fail to reject , there is not convincing evidence that there is a preference for one flavor of ice cream over another. 
C)Reject , there is convincing evidence that there is no preference for one flavor of ice cream over another. 
D)Reject , there is convincing evidence that there is a preference for one flavor of ice cream over another. 
E)Based on the information given, it is not possible to determine whether should be rejected or not.

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The Answer of Each person in a random sample of university students was asked which of five flavors of ice cream he or she preferred. The resulting data was used to test the null hypothesis  . The P-value associated with this test was 0.067. If a significance level of 0.05 is used for the test, which of the following is an appropriate conclusion? ​
A)Fail to reject , there is convincing evidence that there is no preference for one flavor of ice cream over another. 
B)Fail to reject , there is not convincing evidence that there is a preference for one flavor of ice cream over another. 
C)Reject , there is convincing evidence that there is no preference for one flavor of ice cream over another. 
D)Reject , there is convincing evidence that there is a preference for one flavor of ice cream over another. 
E)Based on the information given, it is not possible to determine whether should be rejected or not.

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