Casey is using statistical techniques to examine whether children with autism differ in the amount of self-esteem they report as compared to children without autism.She finds a significant difference, which suggests that the results of her analysis
A)would occur by chance less than 5 percent of the time.
B)provide stronger evidence than a meta-analysis.
C)would be replicable 5 percent of the time in a new study.
D)are probably not valid.

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A significant difference indicates that the results would occur by chance less than 5 percent of the time, which is the commonly accepted level of significance in statistical analyses. This suggests that the difference in self-esteem between children with and without autism is likely not due to chance and is a valid finding. The other options are not accurate interpretations of the significance of Casey's results.

Casey Is Using Statistical Techniques to Examine Whether Children with Autism