In Hypothesis Testing, What Is the Level of Significance?
A) $\alpha$

question 33

Multiple Choice

In hypothesis testing, what is the level of significance?

• A) Risk of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true
• B) Symbolized by the Greek letter "\(\alpha\)"
• C) Value between 0 and 1
• D) Selected before a decision rule can be formulated
• E) All of these are true

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