To reject a null hypothesis for the finger tapping example in the text, we would
A) calculate the probability of that result if the null hypothesis were false.
B) calculate the probability of that result if the null hypothesis were true.
C) compare the probabilities of that result if the null hypothesis were true and if it were false.
D) reject the null hypothesis unless that subject closely resembled normal subjects.

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To reject a null hypothesis, we calculate the probability of observing the data (or something more extreme) if the null hypothesis were true. If this probability is very low (typically below a pre-defined threshold, such as 5%), we reject the null hypothesis.

To Reject a Null Hypothesis for the Finger Tapping Example