What Are the Critical Value for a Two-Tailed $t$ Test When $\alpha = 0.02$

question 157

Multiple Choice

What are the critical value for a two-tailed $t$ test when $\alpha = 0.02$ and $n = 19$ ?

• A) \(\pm 2.110\)
• B) \(\pm 2.567\)
• C) \(\pm 2.878\)
• D) \(\pm 2.552\)

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