Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 7.112LM
If the rejection of the null hypothesis of a particular test would cause your firm to go out of business, would you want α to be small or large? Explain.
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Chapter 7 Solutions
Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
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