Critical Region

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The critical region of the sampling distribution of a statistics is also known as the alpha region.

It is the area, or areas, of the sampling distribution of a statistic that will lead to the rejection of the hypothesis tested when the hypothesis is true.

See Also:
  • Alpha
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  • One-Tailed Test
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  • Relationship Between Alpha, Beta and Power
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  • Two-tailed Test
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