Other things being equal, an alpha level of .05 should lead to a rejection of the null hypothesis
A) more often than when alpha is set at .01
B) more often than when alpha is set at .10
C) less often than when alpha is set at .01
D) none of these, since when alpha is set at .05, the null hypothesis cannot be rejected

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A lower alpha level means a stricter criteria for rejecting the null hypothesis. Therefore, an alpha level of .05 (compared to .10) should lead to a rejection of the null hypothesis more often. However, an alpha level of .01 is even stricter than .05, so the null hypothesis would be rejected less often than when alpha is set at .01.

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