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6.68 What’s wrong? Here are several situations in which there is an incorrect application of the ideas presented in this section. Write a short explanation of what is wrong in each situation and why it is wrong. A report says that the alternative hypothesis is rejected because the P -value is 0.002. A significance test rejected the null hypothesis that the sample mean is 120. A report on a study says that the results are statistically significant and the P -value is 0.87. The z statistic had a value of 0.014, and the null hypothesis was rejected at the 5% level because of 0.014 < 0.05 .
a) A report on a study says that the results are statistically significant and the P-value is 0.87.
b)The z statistic had a value of 0.014, and the null hypothesis was rejected at the 5% level because of 0.014 < 0.05 .