Question

A high school principal gathers a sample of the academic records of past and present high school scholarship basketball players at the high school. The principal reports that no significant difference was found in the mean GPA (grade point average) for male and female scholarship basketball players (P = 0.287). This means that

Question 1 options:

a	the GPAs for male and female scholarship basketball players are identical, except for 28.7% of the players.
b	the maximum difference in GPAs between male and female scholarship basketball player is 0.287.
c	the chance of obtaining a difference in GPAs between male and female scholarship basketball players as large as that observed in the sample if there is no difference in mean GPAs is 0.287.
d	the chance that a pair of randomly chosen male and female scholarship basketball player would have a significant difference in GPAs is 0.287.

Answer 1

Ans : the chance of obtaining a difference in GPAs between male and female scholarship basketball players as large as that observed in the sample if there is no difference in mean GPAs is 0.287.