Consider a researcher who is exploring new potential treatments for specific forms of cancer. This researcher is extremely focused on avoiding mistakes in concluding that treatments that may very well be effective are ineffective when conducting their research. What should this researcher do?     a. set a higher alpha level   b. set a higher sample mean   c. set a lower alpha level   d. set a lower sample mean

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Consider a researcher who is exploring new potential treatments for specific forms of cancer. This researcher is extremely focused on avoiding mistakes in concluding that treatments that may very well be effective are ineffective when conducting their research. What should this researcher do?
 
  a.
set a higher alpha level
  b.
set a higher sample mean
  c.
set a lower alpha level
  d.
set a lower sample mean
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