Weston completed a hypothesis test and found that he could not reject the null hypothesis. Which of the following is a valid reason for his conclusion?
A.The z-statistic is less than 0.
B.The z-statistic lies in the critical region.
C.The z-statistic is greater than 0.
D.The z-statistic lies outside the critical region.
The answer to the statistical question presented above would be letter B. The z-statistic lies in the critical region. If Weston completed a hypothesis test and found that he could not reject the null hypothesis, then it is valid to say that the z-statistic lies in the critical region.
