Question 6.112

6.112 Effect of changing the alternative on power.

The Statistical Power applet illustrates the power calculation similar to that in Figure 6.18 (page 345). Open the applet and keep the default settings for the null () and the alternative () hypotheses, the sample size (), the standard deviation (), and the significance level (). In the “alt ” box, enter the value 1. What is the power? Repeat for alternative equal to 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9. Make a table giving and the power. What do you conclude?