A Sample of 61 Observations Yielded a Sample Standard Deviation $\sigma$

question 68

Multiple Choice

A sample of 61 observations yielded a sample standard deviation of 6. If we want to test H_o: $\sigma$ ² = 40, the test statistic is

• A)54
• B)9.15
• C)54.90
• D)9

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