In: Statistics and Probability
Claire knows the z score for her research hypothesis is -2.05, and her critical values are -1.96 and 1.96 for an alpha value of 0.05. What should she conclude about her hypothesis given these statistics?
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She should reject the null hypothesis and report the direction of the effect because the score is in a critical region (below -1.96). |
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She should reject the null hypothesis but not report the direction of the effect because she doesn't have enough information. |
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She should fail to reject the null hypothesis because the score is not in a critical region (above 1.96 or below -1.96). |
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She should fail to reject the null hypothesis because she doesn't have enough information. |
Option-A) She should reject the null hypothesis and report the direction of the effect because the score is in a critical region (below -1.96).
Because z score is less than critical value