A Two-Tailed Test Is Conducted at the 5% Significance Level

question 19

Multiple Choice

A two-tailed test is conducted at the 5% significance level. What is the left tail percentile required to reject the null hypothesis?

• A) 10%
• B) 5%
• C) 2.5%
• D) 95%
• E) 97.5%

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