A film studies researcher calculated the number of film appearances from randomly sampled Hollywood actors, Bollywood actors, and Chinese industry actors. She calculated an F score of 1.22 after comparing the three samples. What should the researcher do about the null hypothesis?
A) fail to reject it because the differences are not statistically significant
B) reject it because the differences are statistically significant but the effect size is small
C) fail to reject it because the means are significantly different from one another
D) reject it because the differences are no larger than what we would expect by chance

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The F score of 1.22 suggests that the differences between the groups are not statistically significant, so the researcher should fail to reject the null hypothesis.

A Film Studies Researcher Calculated the Number of Film Appearances