Essentials of Statistics (5th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Hypothesis Testing - 8-2 Basics of Hypothesis Testing - Page 390: 7

Answer

a) mean at most 76 b) Null hypothesis:mean=76, alternative hypothesis: mean>76.

Work Step by Step

a) The claim says that the mean is smaller at most 76. b) The null hypothesis says that the mean is equal to 76, whilst the alternative hypothesis says that the claim is false, hence the mean is more than 76.
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