As the level of significance increases (e.g., from .01 to .05) in a test of the null hypothesis, the critical value of the Pearson's r
A) increases.
B) decreases.
C) becomes more precise.
D) is not affected.

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As the level of significance increases, the critical region becomes larger, making it easier to reject the null hypothesis. This means the absolute value of the critical value of Pearson's r decreases, as it requires a smaller correlation to be considered statistically significant.

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