We Are Interested in Testing Whether the Variance of a Population

question 27

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) H₀: σ² < 1.44.
• B) H₀: s² ≥ 1.44.
• C) H₀: σ < 1.20.
• D) H₀: σ² ≥ 1.44.

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