Suppose you conduct a hypothesis test about a population mean when the standard deviation is known (a “z test”) by calculating a z statistic and determining whether to reject the null hypothesis. Assume that your z statistic is a positive value and that you will reject the null hypothesis when z is very large. Listed below are possible changes to the study design or to the results of the study. Determine whether the z statistic increases, decreases, or stays the same for each of these changes. A switch from using a two-tailed test to a one-tailed test A. Decrease B. Increase C. Stays the same An increase in the population variance (σ²) A. Decrease B. Increase C. Stays the same An increase in the significance level (such as using α = .05 instead of α = .01) A. Decrease B. Increase C. Stays the same
Suppose you conduct a hypothesis test about a population
A switch from using a two-tailed test to a one-tailed test
A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. Stays the same
An increase in the population variance (σ²)
A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. Stays the same
An increase in the significance level (such as using α = .05 instead of α = .01)
A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. Stays the same
A decrease in the
A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. Stays the same
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