One of the results was “there were no significant sex differences in memory for pictures rated less intense (0–2) or in false-positive rates (12 and 10% for women and men, respectively)” (Canli et al., 2002, p. 10790).
a. What is meant by “false positive rates” in this example?
b. Specify in words the null hypothesis being tested regarding false positives. Make sure you don’t confuse the population with the sample and that you state the hypothesis using the correct one.
c. Is the use of the word significant in the quote the statistical version or the English Version? or both? Explain how you know.