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Title: The term power refers to:
Post by: Eric8925 on Mar 19, 2018
The term power refers to:
 
  a. the probability of committing a Type I error
  b. the probability of committing a Type II error
  c. the probability that a statistical test will find a significant difference when a true difference exists in the population
  d. the probability that a statistical test will account for the unexplained variability

Question 2

If a study showed that a particular treatment produced an improvement in 55 of the participants, while 52 of the control participants improved spontaneously, the treatment
 
  a. Would undoubtedly be statistically significant
  b. Would lack clinical significance
  c. Would have clinical significance, but not statistical significance
  d. Is worth adopting.

Question 3

The term clinical significance refers to
 
  a. the statistical significance of a clinical study
  b. the probability that a clinical test will find a significant difference when a true difference exists in the population
  c. the practical importance of research findings
  d. the probability that a statistical test will have clinical significance


Title: The term power refers to:
Post by: Mtnimp on Mar 19, 2018
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Title: The term power refers to:
Post by: Eric8925 on Mar 19, 2018
Easily the best answer :lol:


Title: The term power refers to:
Post by: Mtnimp on Mar 19, 2018
If so, mark it solved 8-)