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Can Science Cure the Common Cold?

Chapter 1, Problem 11

A story on your local news station reports that eating a 1-ounce square of milk chocolate each day reduces the risk of heart disease in rats and that this result is statistically significant. This means that                   . a. people who eat milk chocolate are healthier than those who do not; b. the difference between chocolate-eating and chocolate-abstaining rats in heart disease rates was greater than expected by chance; c. rats like milk chocolate; d. milk chocolate reduces the risk of heart disease; e. two ounces of milk chocolate per day is likely to be even better for heart health than 1 ounce

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Hello, everyone here we have a question that says based on the statistical analysis of the result of your research data, the number of students who prefer having a written exam is significantly higher compared to the students who prefer an oral exam. This result implies that so we are going to see what the result implies. And a is the student does do not want to take the exam. Nothing we found would imply that the students do not want to take the exam. So A. Is incorrect. Be the students want to take the oral exam and the written exam that was not part of the research. The research was that they would rather the oral exam or the written exam. See the students want to have a written exam rather than an oral exam. Based on our analysis, the number of students who prefer having a written exam is significantly higher. So C is correct. De the students want to have an oral exam rather than a written exam. Our findings show the opposite of that. So our answer here is, see the students want to have a written exam rather than an oral exam. Thank you for watching. Bye.