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38. Use the following information for questions 37-38: Suppose you conduct a hypothesis test to determine whether or not the average age difference between married couples is less than 5 years. You conduct this test at the 0.10 significance level and come to the conclusion that 0.01 < p-value < 0.02.
What is the appropriate conclusion?
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The data does not provide statistically significant evidence that the average age difference of married couples is less than 5 years. |
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b. |
The data does not provide statistically significant evidence that the average age difference of married couples is 5 years. |
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c. |
The data does provide statistically significant evidence that the average age difference of married couples is 5 years. |
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d. |
The data does provide statistically significant evidence that the average age difference of married couples is less than 5 years. |