We Are Interested in Testing Whether the Variance of a Population

question 35

Multiple Choice

We are interested in testing whether the variance of a population is significantly less than 1.44. The null hypothesis for this test is

• A)H_o: \(\sigma\)² < 1.44
• B)H_o: s² \(\ge\) 1.44
• C)H_o: \(\sigma\) < 1.20
• D)H_o: \(\sigma\)² \(\ge\)1.44

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