Fill in the blank with the appropriate word or phrase. When performing the Rank-sum test we reject the null hypothesis when ? A) $\text { the } P \text {-value } \leq \alpha$ B) $\text { the test statistic } \geq \alpha$ C) $\text { the } P \text {-value } \alpha$ D) $\text { the test statistic }

Question

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word or phrase.
When performing the Rank-sum test we reject the null hypothesis when ?
A) $\text { the } P \text {-value } \leq \alpha$
B) $\text { the test statistic } \geq \alpha$
C) $\text { the } P \text {-value } > \alpha$
D) $\text { the test statistic } < \alpha$

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The null hypothesis is rejected in hypothesis testing when the p-value is less than or equal to the significance level ($\alpha$), indicating that the observed data are inconsistent with the null hypothesis to a degree that could not be attributed to random chance alone.

Fill in the Blank with the Appropriate Word or Phrase the P-value ≤α\text { the } P \text {-value } \leq \alpha the P-value ≤α

Fill in the Blank with the Appropriate Word or Phrase $\text { the } P \text {-value } \leq \alpha$