Suppose a researcher wants to make sure that the probability of committing a Type I error is less than 5%. How can the researcher control for this?
A. set the value for a Type II error at .05
B. set the level of significance at .05
C. only select 5% of the possible sample from a population
D. only select 95% of the possible sample from a population
Answer: B
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