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In general, describe how the outcome of the hypothesis test changes as the level of significance decreases.

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The region of acceptance gets bigger and the null hypothesis is mostly accepted as it lies in the acceptance region.

Explanation:

As the level of significance is decreased the area for the favorable outcomes is increased. The value of ∝= 0.1 has a narrower area of favorable outcomes then the values of ∝= 0.05 or 0.01 because the value 0.1 ( 1%) is closer to the middle value or at the extreme values of the distribution as the case may be for 2 tailed or 1 tailed test.

Significance level Two tailed Test One tailed test

0.1 ± 1.645 ±1.28

0.05 ±1.96 ± 1.645

0.01 ± 2.58 ± 2.33

So if the middle point is taken as zero we see that the spread of the area of the favorable values increases as the value of ∝ significance level decreases.

The region of acceptance gets bigger and the null hypothesis is mostly accepted as it lies in the acceptance region.

In general, describe how the outcome of the hypothesis test changes as the level of-example-1
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