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Friday, 24 May 2024

Significance level and rejection of null hypothesis

Less than 0.5 significance level =Rejecting null hypothesis(when it's true) 
(Sufficient evidence to support alternative hypothesis)
Greater than 0.5 significance level =Failing to reject null hypothesis (when it's false)
Type 1 error :Incorrectly rejecting true null hypothesis
Type 2 error :Incorrectly failing to reject a false null hypothesis
 Researchers general use a significance level of 0.05 for their researches. 

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