Imagine the value of a statistic is greater than the critical value for α = .05 but less than the critical value for α = .01. In this situation you would ______ and state the level of significance as ______.

A) reject the null hypothesis; p > .05
B) not reject the null hypothesis; p > .05
C) reject the null hypothesis; p > .01
D) reject the null hypothesis; p < .05

Critical Value

A threshold value used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

In hypothesis testing, it's the presumption that no significant difference exists as a result of the experiment or intervention.

Significance

The likelihood that a result from data collected and analyzed is not due to chance. It’s often determined through the use of a p-value.