HLT-362V-O103 Week 3 Topic 3: DQ 2 - Researchers routinely choose an alpha…

Applied Statistics for Health Care Professionals - Hypothesis Testing

Grand Canyon University      

Researchers routinely choose an alpha level of 0.05 for testing their hypotheses. What are some experiments for which you might want a lower alpha level (e.g., 0.01)? What are some situations in which you might accept a higher level (e.g., 0.1)?