When the criterion is the 5% significance level and the decision is to retain the null hypothesis, this implies that
A) the null hypothesis is true
B) the null hypothesis is probable true
C) the probability is .95 that the null hypothesis is true
D) the null hypothesis could be true, but so could a number of other null hypotheses

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Retaining the null hypothesis at a 5% significance level means there is not enough evidence to reject it, but it does not confirm its truth. Other hypotheses could also be consistent with the data.

When the Criterion Is the 5% Significance Level and the Decision