Intro Stats, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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Author: Richard D. De Veaux, Paul Velleman, David E. Bock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 15E
Alpha A researcher developing scanners to search for hidden weapons at airports has concluded that a new device is significantly better than the current scanner. He made this decision based on a test using α = 0.05. Would he have made the same decision at α = 0.10? How about α = 0.01? Explain.
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Chapter 16 Solutions
Intro Stats, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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