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13.6) Explain why the null hypothesis for a significance test is rejected when the p-value is small rather than when it is large.

13.12) Find the p-value and draw a sketch showing the p-value area for the following situation in which the value of t is the test statistic for the hypothesis given:
a.) Ho?:µ=µ0, Ha: µ>µ0, n=28, t=2.00

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13.6) Explain why the null hypothesis for a significance test is rejected when the p-value is small rather than when it is large.

All hypothesis testing is done either to reject the null hypothesis or fail to reject the null hypothesis. Large p- value means large probability that the difference we see is due to chance (so we fail to reject null ...

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