If the p-value for a hypothesis test is less than a preassigned significance level , then the null hypothesis can be rejected, and you can report that the results are statistically significant at level .

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If the p-value for a hypothesis test is less than a preassigned significance level  , then the null hypothesis can be rejected, and you can report that the results are statistically significant at level  .

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This statement is true. When the p-value is less than the significance level, it means that the observed results are unlikely to have occurred by chance alone, and we reject the null hypothesis. We can then report the results as statistically significant at the chosen level of significance.

If the P-Value for a Hypothesis Test Is Less Than