Consider the following hypothesis testing problem H0 : μ = μ0, H1 : μ ≠ μ0 (α=0.05). A data set of sample size 10 is collected. It is assumed that the variance is known, and the Z-test suggests that the null hypothesis is not rejected. Then, which of the following statement can possibly be true ?
a). If a smaller value of α is chosen (say, α = 0.01), then, there is chance that the null hypothesis might be rejected based on the new α.
b). If a new data set of sample size 10 is collected and | х̄ – μ0 | based on the new dataset is smaller than that of the old data set, then, there is a chance that the null hypothesis might be rejected based on the new data set.
c). If a new data set of sample size 20 is collected and the sample mean remains approximately the same. Then, there is a chance that the null hypothesis might be rejected based on the new data set.
d). None of the above statement is true.