Imagine the value of a statistic is greater than the critical value for α = .05 but less than the critical value for α = .01. In this situation you would ______ and state the level of significance as ______. A) reject the null hypothesis; p .05 B) not reject the null hypothesis; p .05 C) reject the null hypothesis; p .01 D) reject the null hypothesis; p

Question

Imagine the value of a statistic is greater than the critical value for α = .05 but less than the critical value for α = .01. In this situation you would ______ and state the level of significance as ______.
A) reject the null hypothesis; p > .05
B) not reject the null hypothesis; p > .05
C) reject the null hypothesis; p > .01
D) reject the null hypothesis; p < .05

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Rejecting the null hypothesis when the statistic is greater than the critical value for α = .05 but less than for α = .01 means the p-value is less than .05 (indicating statistical significance at the .05 level) but not as low as .01, hence the correct answer is to reject the null hypothesis and state the level of significance as p < .05.

Imagine the Value of a Statistic Is Greater Than the Critical