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If the level of significance is 0.05, and the P-value is 0.043, the decision wou

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Question

If the level of significance is 0.05, and the P-value is 0.043, the decision would be to

fail to reject the null hypothesis

reject the null hypothesis

make no decision becausethe difference between the level of significance and the p-value is not statistically significant.

use a nonparametric test because normality of the data cannot be established when the results are close.

a.

fail to reject the null hypothesis

b.

reject the null hypothesis

c.

make no decision becausethe difference between the level of significance and the p-value is not statistically significant.

d.

use a nonparametric test because normality of the data cannot be established when the results are close.

Explanation / Answer

Since p-value is less than the level of significance 0.05 so we rejec the null hypothesis. Hence, option (b) is correct.