A research biologist has carried out an experiment on a random sample of 15 expe

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A research biologist has carried out an experiment on a random sample of 15 experimental plots in a field. Following the collection of data, a hypothesis test was conducted under appropriate null and alternative hypotheses and the P-value was determined to be approximately 0.03. This indicates that:

: 1) this result is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.

2) the probability of making an incorrect conclusion in this situation is only 0.03.

3) there is some evidence that the null hypothesis is incorrect

. 4) if this experiment were repeated, we would expect 3% of the time we would get this same result.

5) the sample is so small that little confidence can be placed on the result.

Explanation / Answer

the above situation indicates that

there is some evidence that the null hypothesis is incorrect

option 3

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