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Questionnaire responses were examined for illness first occurring, or intensifying, after May 1, 1973. Of 78 different health questions asked, only 6 conditions showed sufficient numbers of positive responses (10 or more) to permit statistical analysis. These were rash, anxiety, tiredness, headache, numbness, and balance problems.

QUESTION: Assuming that none of the 78 conditions were truly associated with quarantine status (e.g., under the null hypothesis for every condition), what is the likelihood that the p-value for one condition would be equal to or less than 0.05

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