A researcher has analyzed differences in average College Board scores for random samples of students from four different colleges. The obtained F score is 0.45. What can be concluded about the null hypothesis?
A) Nothing, more information is needed
B) Reject the null hypothesis, the differences did not occur by random chance
C) Fail to reject the null hypothesis, differences are not statistically significant
D) Fail to reject the null hypothesis, differences are statistically significant

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A low F score indicates that the differences between the means are not statistically significant and can be attributed to chance. Therefore, the null hypothesis cannot be rejected.

A Researcher Has Analyzed Differences in Average College Board Scores