document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=374121>Question 374121</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When are p-values negative?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " A. when we fail to reject the null hypothesis <BR>\n" );
document.write( " B. when the confidence interval includes only negative values <BR>\n" );
document.write( " C. when the sample statistic is smaller than the hypothesized value of the parameter <BR>\n" );
document.write( " D. never because p-value is probability. <BR>\n" );
document.write( " E. when the test statistic is negative. <BR>\n" );
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