If, after calculating an inferential statistic, we find that the results of our study are NOT statistically significant, we can reasonably conclude that
A) our study contained a major flaw.
B) our results may have been due simply to chance.
C) we did not ask a research question worth conducting a study on.
D) our efforts in conducting the research were not justified by the results we obtained.
E) our hypothesis must be incorrect.

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Statistical significance is a measure of whether the results observed in a study are likely due to chance or if they reflect a true effect. If results are not statistically significant, it suggests that the observed effects could indeed be due to random variation rather than a systematic effect or relationship that the study aimed to investigate. This does not necessarily imply a flaw in the study, a lack of worth in the research question, unjustified efforts, or that the hypothesis is incorrect; it simply means that the evidence was not strong enough to rule out chance as an explanation.

If, After Calculating an Inferential Statistic, We Find That the Results