Multiple Choice
Why do scientists and researchers use statistical methods to determine whether their results are statistically significant?
A) They want to find out whether their findings would be likely to occur by chance.
B) They want to report the mean, median, and mode of their data.
C) They want to collect information on the reliability of the measures they used.
D) They want to interrogate the external validity of their research.
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