Significance level as a probability of incorrect rejection
What Significance level as a probability of incorrect rejection means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The probability of incorrectly rejecting H₀ when it is true.
Topics that use Significance level as a probability of incorrect rejection
- Statistical hypothesis testing (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Binomial hypothesis tests for a proportion
- Contextual interpretation of significance
- Critical regions and p-values
- null hypothesis
- One-tailed and two-tailed critical regions
- significance level
- Test statistic
- Alternative hypothesis
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