If You Know That the Level of Significance (α)Of a Test

question 168

Multiple Choice

If you know that the level of significance (α) of a test is 5%,you can tell that the probability of committing a Type II error (β) is

• A) 95%.
• B) 97.5%.
• C) 2.5%.
• D) unknown.

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