When Using the Confidence Interval Approach for a Two-Tailed Test

question 52

Multiple Choice

When using the confidence interval approach for a two-tailed test, which of the following is true?

• A)the rejection region is in the upper tail of the distribution
• B)if the confidence interval contains the hypothesized value, then reject H₀
• C)if the confidence interval contains the hypothesized value, do not reject the H₀
• D)use the F distribution
• E)none of the above

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