A drug company compared the weight loss over an 8-week period for a group taking

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A drug company compared the weight loss over an 8-week period for a group taking their investigational drug with a group taking a placebo. They reported that the results of their clinical trial did not achieve statistical significance. This means that:

a. the difference in the weight loss between the two groups was not big enough to conclude anything other than chance variation.  
b. The difference in weight loss between the two groups would rarely occur just by chance variation alone.  
c. there was no difference in the weight loss between the two groups over the 8-week period.  

Explanation / Answer

A) The difference in weight loss between two groups was not big enough to conclude anything other than chance variation

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