A researcher predicts that scores in treatment A will be higher than scores in treatment B. If the mean for the n = 10 participants in treatment A is 4 points higher than the mean for the n = 10 participants in treatment B and the data produce t = 1.985, which decision should be made?     a. reject H0 if α = .05 and if α = .01   b. fail to reject H0 if α = .05 and if α = .01   c. fail to reject H0 if α = .05 but reject H0 if α = .01   d. reject H0 if α = .05 but fail to reject H0 if α = .01

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A researcher predicts that scores in treatment A will be higher than scores in treatment B. If the mean for the n = 10 participants in treatment A is 4 points higher than the mean for the n = 10 participants in treatment B and the data produce t = 1.985, which decision should be made?
 
  a.
reject H0 if α = .05 and if α = .01
  b.
fail to reject H0 if α = .05 and if α = .01
  c.
fail to reject H0 if α = .05 but reject H0 if α = .01
  d.
reject H0 if α = .05 but fail to reject H0 if α = .01
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