Finding a Small Value of the P-Value (E

question 2

Multiple Choice

Finding a small value of the p-value (e.g. less than 5%)

• A)indicates evidence in favor of the null hypothesis.
• B)implies that the t-statistic is less than 1.96.
• C)indicates evidence in against the null hypothesis.
• D)will only happen roughly one in twenty samples.

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