The Relationship Between Sample Size and the Acceptable Risk of Incorrect

question 32

Multiple Choice

The relationship between sample size and the acceptable risk of incorrect acceptance is:

• A) indeterminate.
• B) variable; that is, larger acceptable risk = sometimes larger sample size and sometimes not.
• C) direct; that is, larger acceptable risk = larger sample size.
• D) inverse; that is, larger acceptable risk = smaller sample size.

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