Psychologists consider a result to be significant if it would be expected to occur by chance _______________ time(s)in 100 repetitions of the study.
A)one
B)five or fewer
C)ten or fewer
D)fifteen or fewer

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Psychologists typically use a significance level of 0.05, meaning that they consider a result to be significant if there is less than a 5% chance that it occurred by chance. This equates to a result that would occur five or fewer times in 100 repetitions of the study. Therefore, the correct answer is B.

Psychologists Consider a Result to Be Significant If It Would