Decreasing the significance level of a hypothesis test (say, from 5% to 1%) will cause the p-value of an observed test statistic to
A) increase.
B) decrease.
C) stay the same.

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The p-value is a measure of the strength of evidence against the null hypothesis and is independent of the significance level. Changing the significance level does not affect the p-value of an observed test statistic.

Decreasing the Significance Level of a Hypothesis Test (Say, from 5