If you use a significance level of .01 rather than a significance level of .05 then which of the following will be true (assuming other things equal, such as sample size)?
A) You are more likely to fail to reject your null hypothesis
B) You are more likely to reject your null hypothesis
C) You are more likely to reject a true null hypothesis
D) You are more likely to retain your alternative hypothesis

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Using a significance level of 0.01 instead of 0.05 makes the criteria for rejecting the null hypothesis more stringent, thus increasing the likelihood of failing to reject the null hypothesis.

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