For a One-Tailed Hypothesis Test (Upper Tail), the P-Value Is

question 49

Multiple Choice

For a one-tailed hypothesis test (upper tail) , the p-value is computed to be .034. If the test is being conducted at the 1% level of significance, the null hypothesis

• A) could be rejected or not rejected depending on the sample size.
• B) could be rejected or not rejected depending on the sample mean.
• C) is not rejected.
• D) is rejected.

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