You have determined that your cutoff value at a level () = 0.05 is 1.645 when testing for the mean of a population.If you calculate a test statistic of 1.8, 10.8.
Find critical values.

A) You do not reject $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $.
B) You reject $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $.
C) You would need to calculate the confidence interval to determine significance.
D) You would need to calculate the P-value to determine significance.

Question

You have determined that your cutoff value at a level () = 0.05 is 1.645 when testing for the mean of a population.If you calculate a test statistic of 1.8,  10.8.
Find critical values.

A) You do not reject $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $.
B) You reject $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $.
C) You would need to calculate the confidence interval to determine significance.
D) You would need to calculate the P-value to determine significance.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The test statistic (1.8) is greater than the cutoff value (1.645), which means it falls in the rejection region. Therefore, we reject the null hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance.

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