When Conducting a Hypothesis Test for a Given Sample Size

question 37

Multiple Choice

When conducting a hypothesis test for a given sample size, if the probability of a Type I error decreases, then the ________.

• A) probability of Type II error decreases
• B) probability of incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis increases
• C) probability of incorrectly not rejecting the null hypothesis increases
• D) probability of incorrectly not rejecting the null hypothesis decreases

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