Jennifer Cantu, VP of Customer Services at Tri-State Auto Insurance $\mu$

question 33

Multiple Choice

Jennifer Cantu, VP of Customer Services at Tri-State Auto Insurance, Inc., monitors the claims processing time of the claims division.Her standard includes "a mean processing time of 5 days or less." Each week, her staff checks for compliance by analyzing a random sample of 60 claims.Jennifer's null hypothesis is ________.

• A)\(\mu\) > 5
• B)\(\mu\)> 5
• C)n = 60
• D)\(\mu\)< 5
• E)\(\mu\) = =5 On page 273 of the text, it states that the null hypothesis is always just =, even in one taled tests.

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