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What is the critical value of alpha?
What is the critical value of alpha?
CoinPrince
Thu Oct 17 2024
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I'm working on a statistical analysis and need to determine the critical value of alpha for my hypothesis testing. I want to know the threshold for rejecting or accepting my null hypothesis.
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CryptoAlly
Sat Oct 19 2024
At a confidence level of 95%, we assume that the sample accurately represents the population with a high degree of certainty. This level of confidence translates to a 95% probability that the criterion being tested holds true for the entire population.
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CryptoBaroness
Sat Oct 19 2024
To find the alpha value, which represents the probability of incorrectly rejecting a true null hypothesis, we subtract the confidence level from 1. For a 95% confidence level, the calculation is straightforward.
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Skywalker
Sat Oct 19 2024
Applying the formula, we compute the alpha value as follows: Alpha value = 1 - (95/100). This simplifies to 1 - 0.95, yielding a result of 0.05.
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KpopStarlet
Sat Oct 19 2024
Determining the alpha value is a crucial step in statistical analysis, particularly when estimating the probability of a specific criterion being true for an entire population based on a sample set.
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Stefano
Sat Oct 19 2024
The alpha value of 0.05 indicates that there is a 5% chance of making a Type I error, or falsely rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true. This threshold is commonly used in various statistical tests to balance the risk of false positives and false negatives.
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