When the following hypotheses are being tested at a level of significance of α, H0: μ1- μ2 ≥ 0 Ha: μ1- μ2 < 0
The null hypothesis will be rejected if the p-value is

Question

When the following hypotheses are being tested at a level of significance of α, H0: μ1- μ2 ≥ 0 Ha: μ1- μ2 < 0
The null hypothesis will be rejected if the p-value is
A) 1 − α
B) > α
C) > α/2
D) ≤ α

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The null hypothesis will be rejected if the p-value is less than or equal to α, since this means that the observed difference between the means is unlikely to have occurred by chance alone.

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