Performance Records for 18 Salespersons Are Selected to Investigate Whether $\alpha$

Multiple Choice

Performance records for 18 salespersons are selected to investigate whether compensation methods are a significant motivational factor.
A Kruskal-Wallis test performed with $\alpha$ = 0.01 will result in a decision to _____.

A) reject the null hypothesis
B) reject the alternate hypothesis
C) do not reject the null hypothesis
D) do no reject the alternate hypothesis
E) do nothing