The Average Hourly Wage of Computer Programmers with 2 Years

question 34

Multiple Choice

The average hourly wage of computer programmers with 2 years of experience has been $21.80. Because of high demand for computer programmers, it is believed there has been a significant increase in the average wage of computer programmers. To test whether or not there has been an increase, the correct hypotheses to be tested are

• A) H0: μ < 21.80 Ha: μ ≥ 21.80
• B) H0: μ = 21.80 Ha: μ ≠ 21.80
• C) H0: μ > 21.80 Ha: μ ≤ 21.80
• D) H0: μ ≤ 21.80 Ha: μ > 21.80

Understand the characteristics and applications of the uniform distribution.

Calculate probabilities and statistical measures (e.g., mean, standard deviation) for the uniform distribution.

Apply the normal approximation to the binomial distribution.

Interpret the significance of the mean and standard deviation in context to real-life distributions.

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