​In Practice, the Most Frequently Encountered Hypothesis Test About a Population

question 34

Multiple Choice

​In practice, the most frequently encountered hypothesis test about a population variance is a

• A) ​one-tailed test, with rejection region in the lower tail.
• B) ​one-tailed test, with rejection region in the upper tail.
• C) ​two-tailed test, with equal-size rejection regions.
• D) ​two-tailed test, with unequal-size rejection regions.

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