Under the Assumption That $\mu = \mu _ { \mathrm { a } }$

question 79

True/False

Under the assumption that $\mu = \mu _ { \mathrm { a } }$ , where $\mu _ { \mathrm { a } }$ is the alternative mean, the distribution of $\bar { x }$ is mound shaped and symmetric about $\mu _ { \mathrm { a } }$ .

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