In Hypothesis Testing, the Term Critical Value Refers To

question 91

Multiple Choice

In hypothesis testing, the term critical value refers to:

• A) the probability, 1 -, of avoiding the Type I error of erroneously rejecting a null hypothesis that is in fact true
• B) the value of a test statistic that divides all possible values into an acceptance region and a rejection region
• C) the probability, 1 -, of avoiding the Type O error of erroneously rejecting a null hypothesis that is in fact true
• D) any sample result that leads to the continued acceptance of the null hypothesis because it has a high probability of occurring when the null hypothesis is true
• E) the probability, 1 -, of avoiding the Type II error of erroneously accepting a null hypothesis that is in fact false