Consider a two-tailed test with a level of confidence of 99%. The p-value is determined to be 0.05; therefore,the null hypothesis ________.
A)should not be rejected
B)must be rejected
C)may or may not be rejected depending on the square root of the sample size
D)is the same as the alternative hypothesis

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A level of confidence of 99% corresponds to a significance level (α) of 0.01. Since the p-value (0.05) is greater than the significance level (0.01), we fail to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, the null hypothesis should not be rejected.

Consider a Two-Tailed Test with a Level of Confidence of 99