When Testing a Hypothesis About a Single Mean, If the Sample

question 100

Multiple Choice

When testing a hypothesis about a single mean, if the sample size is 20, the population standard deviation is unknown, and the population is assumed to be a normal distribution, the correct test statistic to use is ________.

• A) r
• B) z
• C) t
• D) p-value

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