Under the Normal Curve, If the Obtained Value Falls to the Left

question 9

Essay

Under the normal curve, if the obtained value falls to the left of the critical value, under what percent of the normal curve did it fall?

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Definitions:

Critical Values

Thresholds in hypothesis testing which, if exceeded by the test statistic, indicate that the null hypothesis can be rejected.

Standard Deviation

A metric that quantifies how spread out a dataset is in comparison to its average value.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to calculate confidence intervals or test hypotheses.

Null Hypothesis

The default position that there is no difference or effect and that any observed differences are due to chance.