The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 18 - Inference in Practice - Apply Your Knowledge - Page 430: 18.14b

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Using part a) we have $1-0.29=0.71$ chance of deciding that the average reading scores are below a basic level, in the case of the true average reading score being equal to $255$. This is a high probability, thus the test cannot protect us from deciding that the average reading score in our district is not above a basic level.
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