In a hypothesis test, if the sample data is determined to be in the critical region with a= .05, then the sample data would still be in the critical region if a were changed to .01. True or false?
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If the test statistic falls in the critical region, we reject the null hypothesis. If a is reduced from .05 to .01, the critical region becomes smaller because we are allowing less room for error. This means that it is less likely that the sample data will fall Show more…
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