In a Study Investigating Whether There Is a Difference in Age

Multiple Choice

In a study investigating whether there is a difference in age at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes for young adult males and females, the result obtained for a two-tailed probability is U =3, p = .09 ( HYPERLINK "http://mlsc.lboro.ac.uk/resources/statistics/Mannwhitney.pdf" http://mlsc.lboro.ac.uk/resources/statistics/Mannwhitney.pdf) . What does this result signify?

A) Indeterminate result
B) No real evidence that age at diagnosis is different for young males and females
C) Significant and therefore there is evidence of a difference in age at diagnosis
D) None of the above