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g In a hypothesis test, if the test statistic is less extreme than the critical value, what do we conclude

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we do not reject the null hypothesis

Explanation:

The critical value depends on the form of the alternative hypothesis, in particular, whether the test is two-sided, one-sided on the left, or one-sided on the right. For a given test, the critical value can be seen as the limit value from which we can reject the null hypothesis with a given significance threshold. So, in a hypothesis test, if the test statistic is less extreme than the critical value, we do not reject the null hypothesis. But if the test statistic is more extreme than the critical value, we reject the null hypothesis.

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