The higher the likelihood of rejecting null when null really should be rejected, then
A) the higher becomes the value of beta
B) the less powerful the statistical test
C) the more powerful the statistical test
D) none of these, since rejecting the null hypothesis is not related to either

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The power of a statistical test is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is false, and is therefore related to the likelihood of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis. Therefore, as the likelihood of rejecting the null when it should be rejected increases, so does the power of the statistical test.

The Higher the Likelihood of Rejecting Null When Null Really