Which of the following is not a criterion for making a decision in a hypothesis test?

choose the correct answer below.

a.

if a confidence interval does not include a claimed value of a population parameter, the decision is to reject the null hypothesis.

b.

if

p-valueless than or equals

alpha

,

the decision is to reject the null hypothesis. otherwise, we fail to reject the null hypothesis.

c.

if the p-value is less than 0.05, the decision is to reject the null hypothesis. otherwise, we fail to reject the null hypothesis.

d.

if the test statistic falls within the critical region, the decision is to reject the null hypothesis