If the Null Hypothesis in a Two-Sided Hypothesis Test for a Population

question 163

Multiple Choice

If the null hypothesis in a two-sided hypothesis test for a population mean cannot be rejected at the 10% level of significance,then it is still possible that the null hypothesis in the corresponding one-sided hypothesis test could be rejected at the ____ level of significance.

• A)10%
• B)5%
• C)2.5%
• D)1%
• E)0.1%

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