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​By convention, it has been determined that alpha levels should be set no larger than ____.

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By convention, it has been determined that alpha or significant levels should be set no larger than 0.05. This is considered as the standard value set and agreed by convention for the probability of making a Type I error. Sometimes, 0.01 is used especially for medical related researches.
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