Bernard Thinks Some College Students Spend More Money During the Semester

question 23

Multiple Choice

Bernard thinks some college students spend more money during the semester than others, and that this difference is related to the students' majors.He wants to compare the total amount of money spent at the end of one semester by American college students who major in psychology to that spent by history or physics majors.What is the second step Bernard should follow for testing his hypothesis?

• A) Identify population 1 as all psychology majors, population 2 as all history majors, and population 3 as all physics majors.
• B) State the null hypothesis as college students majoring in psychology, history, or physics do not spend the same amount of money during one semester on average.State the research hypothesis as college students majoring in psychology spend about the same amount of money during one semester on average as do history and physics majors.
• C) State the null hypothesis as college students majoring in psychology, history, or physics spend about the same amount of money during one semester on average.State the research hypothesis as college students majoring in psychology, history, or physics do not spend the same amount of money during one semester on average.
• D) Use the F distribution with 2 and 45 degrees of freedom.

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