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A researcher conducts an experiment on human memory and recruits 15 people to participate in her study. She performs the experiment and analyzes the results. She uses a ttest for a mean and obtains a p-value of 0.17. Which of the following is a reasonable interpretation of her results? Group of answer choices This proves that her experimental treatment has no effect on memory. If there is a treatment effect, the sample size was too small to detect it. She should reject the null hypothesis. There is evidence of a small effect on memory by her experimental treatment.

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This proves that her experimental treatment has no effect on memory

Step-by-step explanation:

In an experimental setup, if the P valvue is less than 0.05, then there is a significant effect in the stated hypothesis being tested for.

In the case of the researcher, for her toget a p value as 0.17 which is above the 0.05 shows that there her experimental treatment has no effect on human memory.

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