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In statistics, the size of a test is the probability of falsely rejecting the null hypothesis. That is, it is the probability of making a type I error. It is denoted by the Greek letter α (alpha).
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For a simple hypothesis,
In the case of a composite null hypothesis, the size is the supremum over all data generating processes that satisfy the null hypotheses.[1]
A test is said to have significance level if its size is less than or equal to .[2][3] In many cases the size and level of a test are equal.
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