If You Decrease Your Alpha Level from

question 41

Multiple Choice

If you decrease your alpha level from .05 to .01, you have

• A) Also decreased the power of the test
• B) Increased the probability that you will make a Type I error
• C) Altered your effect size
• D) Effectively decided to test more people

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