TABLE 10-5 To Test the Effectiveness of a Business School Preparation Course

question 187

Multiple Choice

TABLE 10-5
To test the effectiveness of a business school preparation course, 8 students took a general business test before and after the course. The results are given below.
Exam Score Exam Score
Student Before Course (1) After Course (2)
1 530 670
2 690 770
3 910 1,000
4 700 710
5 450 550
6 820 870
7 820 770
8 630 610
-Referring to Table 10-5, at the 0.05 level of significance, the decision for this hypothesis test would be

• A) reject the null hypothesis.
• B) do not reject the null hypothesis.
• C) reject the alternative hypothesis.
• D) It cannot be determined from the information given.

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Definitions:

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