The Following Output from MINITAB Presents the Results of a Hypothesis

question 64

Multiple Choice

The following output from MINITAB presents the results of a hypothesis test for a population mean $\mu$ .

Test of $m u = 57$ vs. not $= 57$
$\begin{array}{llrccrc}\mathrm{N} & \text { Mean } & \text { StDev } & \text { SE Mean } & 95 \% \text { CI } & \mathrm{T} & \mathrm{P} \\49 & 59.72 & 3.881977 & 0.554568 & (58.604963,60.835037) & 4.904717 & 0.0000\end{array}$
1 What is the value of s?

• A)9.4
• B)0.554568
• C)3.881977
• D)0.000011

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