Question

A hypothesis test is to be conducted using LaTeX: \alphaα = 0.05. This means:_________.

a) there is a 5 percent chance that a Type II error has been committed.
b) there is a 5 percent chance that the alternative hypothesis is true.
c) there is a maximum 5 percent chance that a true null hypothesis will be rejected.
d) there is a 5 percent chance that the null hypothesis is true.

Answer 1

c)

Explanation:

α also known as type I error depicts the probability of rejecting the true null hypothesis. So, when α=0.05 then it means that there is 5% probability or chance of rejecting the true null hypothesis.

So, in hypothesis testing α=0.05 means that there is a maximum 5 percent chance that a true null hypothesis will be rejected.