document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=217619>Question 217619</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A newspaper reports several statistical analyses. It reports that the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "P-value for a significance test is 0.045.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " a) Is the result significant at the 5% significance level?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " b). Is the result with P-value 0.045 significant at the 1% level?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " c)  For another significance test, the newspaper says only that the result was significant at the 1% level.  Are such results always, sometimes, or never significant at the 5% level?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  d) The report claims there is a 95% confidence interval.  Would the margin of error in a 99% confidence interval computed from the same data be less, the same, or greater?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #164056 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=164056\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A newspaper reports several statistical analyses. It reports that the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "P-value for a significance test is 0.045. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) Is the result significant at the 5% significance level?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No the test did not reach the significance level of 5%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b). Is the result with P-value 0.045 significant at the 1% level?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Yes the test reached the significance level of 1%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) For another significance test, the newspaper says only that the result was significant at the 1% level. Are such results always, sometimes, or never significant at the 5% level?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: Sometimes If the test meets the 1% significance level it might <BR>\n" );
document.write( "or might not meat the 5% significance level.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d) The report claims there is a 95% confidence interval. Would the margin of error in a 99% confidence interval computed from the same data be less, the same, or greater?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Greater because to have the additional level of confidence the interval<BR>\n" );
document.write( "would have to be wider.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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