Question 6.100

6.100 Do you agree?

State whether or not you agree with each of the following statements, and provide a short summary of the reasons for your answers.

  1. If the -value is larger than 0.05, the null hypothesis is true.
  2. Practical significance is not the same as statistical significance.
  3. We can perform a statistical analysis using any set of data.
  4. If you find an interesting pattern in a set of data, it is appropriate to then use a significance test to determine its significance.
  5. It’s always better to use a significance level of than to use because it is easier to find statistical significance.