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A researcher wants to investigate whether a stress management workshop reduces students’ perceived stress levels. She recruits 12 university students and measures their stress levels using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) before the workshop and again four weeks after the workshop. Higher scores indicate higher stress levels. The dependent t test produces the following result: t(11)=2.45, p=0.032. The significance level is α = 0.05. What conclusion should the researcher draw?