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: 18.15c

Answer

Increase.

Work Step by Step

If the alternative mean is further away from the mean of the null hypothesis, then rejecting the null hypothesis will become easier. Thus the power will increase.
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