Question

Suppose the p-value is 0.078 at alpha = 0.05. Make a decision.

Group of answer choices

Fail to reject the null hypothesis.

Reject the null hypothesis.

The result is inconclusive; one needs to know the proportions compared.

The value of alpha is not meaningful.

Answer 1

Reject the null hypothesis if p-value is less than alpha

Here, p-value = 0.078 and alpha = 0.05

As p-value > 0.05, fail to reject the null hypothesis.

Fail to reject the null hypothesis.