Answer:
A 99% confidence level is saying that you are 99% positive that you null hypothesis will not be rejected. The critical value that comes with the confidence level is the Z-score. The Z-score can usually be found using the Z-score table found online. The Z-score for 99% confidence is 2.575. If they give you the Z-score and tell you to find it on a right tail graph you subtract the given z-score from alpha which is .5 and find what you got on the z-score table.
Ex: Given Z-score- 0.0079
.0079 - .5(alpha)= 0.4921.
The closest area to 0.4921 is 0.4922 at z = 2.42.
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