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Which of the following is true about the trial of the Pyx?
It involves mainly descriptive statistics
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It does not rely on any assumptions
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It allowed for sampling error
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The Pyx was eventually found guilty
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Which of the following describes the rejection region in hypothesis testing?
It is the middle region in a sample distribution of means. If scores fall in this area, we can conclude that your sample mean is significantly different from the population mean.
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It is the outer region in a sampling distribution of means. If scores fall in this area, we cannot conclude that your sample mean is significantly different from the population mean.
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It is the outer region in a sampling distribution of means. If scores fall in this area, we can conclude that your sample mean is significantly different from the population mean.
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It is the middle region in a sample distribution of means. If scores fall in this area, we cannot conclude that your sample mean is significantly different from the population mean.
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What is a property of a critical z?
It is an error
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It is a cutoff
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It is a mean
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It is a measure of variability
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Type I error is...
Rejecting a null when it is true
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Rejecting an alternative hypothesis when it is true
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Failing to reject an alternative hypothesis when it is true
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Failing to reject a null when it is true
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Which of the following options has the smallest risk of Type I error?
Alpha level of 0.1
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Alpha level of 0.01
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Alpha level of 0.5 and a non-directional hypothesis
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Alpha level of 0.5 and a directional hypothesis
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