The critical region is________.
A) the area under the curve that contains "non-rare" events
B) the area under the curve that includes those values of a sample statistic that will lead to rejection of the null.
C) a confidence interval.
D) a law that states that the shape of the sampling distribution is normal.

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The critical region is the area under the curve that includes those values of a sample statistic that will lead to rejection of the null hypothesis. It is determined by the level of significance (alpha) and represents the probability of obtaining a sample statistic that is unlikely to occur by chance alone, assuming the null hypothesis is true.

The Critical Region Is________