Your professor asks you to update a manuscript with the results of a t test for dependent means and provides you with the following information: there were 19 people in the study,the t score was 4.36,and the result was significant at the .01 level.The best way to present this information would be
A)t (19)= 4.36,p

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Your professor asks you to update a manuscript with the results of a t test for dependent means and provides you with the following information: there were 19 people in the study,the t score was 4.36,and the result was significant at the .01 level.The best way to present this information would be
A)t (19)= 4.36,p < .05
B)t (18)= 4.36,p < .01
C)t (4.36),p (.05)
D)t (4.36),p (.01)

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The correct way to present the information is to state the degree of freedom as n-1, so the degree of freedom is 18 (19-1). The t statistic of 4.36 exceeds the critical value of 2.861 (at the .01 level with 18 degrees of freedom) and the p-value is less than .01, which indicates a statistically significant result. Therefore, the correct presentation would be t(18) = 4.36, p < .01.

Your Professor Asks You to Update a Manuscript with the Results