Asked by Athena Colleen on Jun 12, 2024

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You will make the decision to ______ when the probability of a statistic is ______.

A) reject the null hypothesis; > .05
B) not reject the null hypothesis; > .05
C) accept the null hypothesis; < .05
D) prove the null hypothesis; > .05

Null Hypothesis

An assumption in hypothesis testing that there is no significant difference or effect.

.05

Often signifies the alpha level used in hypothesis testing that represents a 5% risk of concluding that a difference exists when there is no actual difference.

  • Learn the principles of making informed choices in hypothesis testing by analyzing p-values and establishing statistical significance.
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Sanya ChauhanJun 19, 2024
Final Answer :
B
Explanation :
The decision to reject or not reject the null hypothesis is based on the significance level (usually set at 0.05) and the probability (p-value) of obtaining the observed results assuming the null hypothesis is true. If the p-value is greater than the significance level, we do not have enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, the correct choice is B, which indicates not rejecting the null hypothesis when the probability of a statistic is greater than 0.05.