You have compared the obtained value with the critical value.What do you do next?

A) Provide a statement of the null hypothesis.
B) Set the level of significance.
C) Compute the test statistic value.
D) Reject the null hypothesis if the obtained value is more extreme than the critical value.

Critical Value

A threshold in hypothesis testing that defines the boundary for rejecting the null hypothesis; values beyond it are considered statistically significant.

Null Hypothesis

A rephrased definition: A statistical hypothesis that predicts no effect or no relationship between variables, serving as the default position until evidence suggests otherwise.