Question

The recommended alpha in nursing is 0.01 to 0.05 ? True or False?

Answer 1

False
In nursing 0.05 alpha level used mostly than 0.01.
Alpha is a result or intensity value used for finalize whether test statistics is statistically significant. Alpha represents acceptable portability of type 1 errors. most commonly used value for alpha levels in practice are 0.01,0.05 and 1. As a significance level alpha level used in hypothesis test. In hypothesis test type 1 and type 2 errors are possible. alpha level is the probability of making type 1 errors. it provide a sense for small errors possible. if alpha level set at 10% there may be major chance for incorrect reject null hypothesis. if alpha level 0.01(1%) used it makes sense to avoid small errors. so using tiny area balancing type 1 and type 2 errors. so using 0.05(5%) alpha level as a good balance between these two issues.