For a One-Tailed (Upper Tail) Hypothesis Test with a Sample

question 54

Multiple Choice

For a one-tailed (upper tail) hypothesis test with a sample size of 26 and a .01 level of significance, the critical value of the test statistic t is

• A) 2.797.
• B) 2.787.
• C) 2.485.
• D) 2.479.

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