A test of significance was conducted in a study involving a simple random sample

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A test of significance was conducted in a study involving a simple random sample of 25 subjects. Based on the test result using the sample mean. it was determined that the P-value was equal to .028. This led researchers to reject the null hypothesis at the 5% significance level. Which of the following statements most accurately describes what it means to reject the null hypothesis at the 5% significance level?" O A. There is less than a 5% chance that the null hypothesis is true. B. There is more than a 95% chance that the alternative hypothesis is true. fthe null hypothesis were true, we would get a value of the test statistic at least as extreme as this one less than 5% of the time. D. The researchers are 95% sure that the null hypothesis is false.

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Answer: Option C, If the null hypothesis were true, we would get a value of the test statistic at least as extreme as this one less than 5% of the time

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