The text reports the results of a test for the significance of the difference in average education for random samples of males and females. Both males and females averaged 13.5 years of schooling. The Z score computed in step 4 for this difference was - 0.29. 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 -0.29 indicates that the difference in average education between males and females is not statistically significant at the 0.05 level of significance. Therefore, it is likely that the difference is due to random chance and not a meaningful gender gap in education.

The Text Reports the Results of a Test for the Significance