If P (Obtained) from an Experiment Equals 0

question 135

Multiple Choice

If p (obtained) from an experiment equals 0.05 and alpha equals 0.05 (both two-tailed) , what would you conclude?

• A) reject H₀
• B) retain H₀
• C) reject H₁
• D) retain H₁

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating the spread of data points.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of probabilities for a certain statistic, originating from a random sample.

Normal Distribution

In this type of distribution, occurrences of data are more frequent near the mean and decrease in frequency as they move away from the mean, with the distribution being symmetric.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic based on random samples from a population, used to estimate population parameters.