Setting the Significance Level Cutoff at

question 35

Multiple Choice

Setting the significance level cutoff at .10 instead of the more usual .05 increases the likelihood of

• A)a Type I error.
• B)a Type II error.
• C)failing to reject the null hypothesis.
• D)accepting the null hypothesis when,in fact,it is false.

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