You will make the decision to ______ when the probability of a statistic is ______. A) reject the null hypothesis; .05 B) not reject the null hypothesis; .05 C) accept the null hypothesis; .05

Question

You will make the decision to ______ when the probability of a statistic is ______.
A) reject the null hypothesis; > .05
B) not reject the null hypothesis; > .05
C) accept the null hypothesis; < .05
D) prove the null hypothesis; > .05

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The decision to reject or not reject the null hypothesis is based on the significance level (usually set at 0.05) and the probability (p-value) of obtaining the observed results assuming the null hypothesis is true. If the p-value is greater than the significance level, we do not have enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, the correct choice is B, which indicates not rejecting the null hypothesis when the probability of a statistic is greater than 0.05.

You Will Make the Decision to ______ When the Probability