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False. A test size constrains the probability of rejection conditional on the null hypothesis being true:for an exact size- test of a simple hypothesis. It does not assign a posterior probability to that statistical hypothesis after observing nonrejection. In the frequentist interpretation, the statistical parameter is fixed and the data are random. Nonrejection can occur even when the alternative hypothesis is true; for example, it is particularly likely for an alternative against which the test has low statistical power. A posterior probability would require a prior distribution and a Bayesian model.
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