In hypothesis testing, the significance level represents the probability of A. committing a Type I error. B. committing a Type II error. C. rejecting the null hypothesis when it is in fact false. D. failing to reject the null hypothesis when it is in fact true.

Calculus For The Life Sciences
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Chapter12: Probability
Section12.3: Conditional Probability; Independent Events; Bayes' Theorem
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In hypothesis testing, the significance level represents the probability of
A. committing a Type I error.
B. committing a Type II error.
C. rejecting the null hypothesis when it is in fact false.
D. failing to reject the null hypothesis when it is in fact true.

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