The text reports the results of a test for the significance of the difference in average education for random samples of males and females.Males earned an average of 13.35 years of schooling and females averaged 13.25 years.The Z score computed in step 4 for this difference was 1.02.Given these results,which of the following is a reasonable conclusion?
A)The difference is statistically significant,large,and important.
B)The difference is not statistically significant and was probably caused by random chance.
C)There is an important gender gap in education in the United States.
D)This difference is statistically significant but quite small.

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The Z score of 1.02 is not large enough to indicate statistical significance, suggesting the difference is likely due to random chance.

The Text Reports the Results of a Test for the Significance