๐Ÿ“Šap statistics review

Significance level (alpha)

Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025

Definition

The threshold probability (typically 0.05) used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis; denoted as alpha (ฮฑ).

AP course connection

Topic 6.4: 6.4 Setting Up a Test for a Population Proportion

Unit 6

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