Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Hypothesis Testing with One Sample - Section 7.1 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing - Exercises - Page 359: 13

Answer

The claim is that S.D is not equal to 5. Since it contains a strict inequality, the null hypothesis is: $H_{o}: σ = 0$ $H_{a}: σ \ne 0$

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