SCENARIO 10-4 Two Samples Each of Size 25 Are Taken from Independent

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SCENARIO 10-4
Two samples each of size 25 are taken from independent populations assumed to be normally
distributed with equal variances. The first sample has a mean of 35.5 and standard deviation of 3.0
while the second sample has a mean of 33.0 and standard deviation of 4.0.
-Referring to Scenario 10-4, if yμ1 > μ2 at the α = 0.01 level of significance, the null hyou were interested in testing against the one-tail alternative that pothesis would ______ (be rejected/not
be rejected).

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