SCENARIO 9-2
a Student Claims That He Can Correctly Identify $\beta$

question 160

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 9-2
A student claims that he can correctly identify whether a person is a business major or an agriculture
major by the way the person dresses. Suppose in actuality that if someone is a business major, he can
correctly identify that person as a business major 87% of the time. When a person is an agriculture
major, the student will incorrectly identify that person as a business major 16% of the time. Presented
with one person and asked to identify the major of this person (who is either a business or an
agriculture major) , he considers this to be a hypothesis test with the null hypothesis being that the
person is a business major and the alternative that the person is an agriculture major.
-Referring to Scenario 9-2, what is the value of $\beta$ ?

• A) 0.13
• B) 0.16
• C) 0.84
• D) 0.87

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Definitions:

Parasympathetic

Pertains to the part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for conserving energy and slowing down the heart rate.

Sympathetic

Pertaining to the part of the autonomic nervous system that increases alertness, muscle tension, and energy expenditure in response to stress.

Somatic

Pertaining to the body, especially as distinct from the mind or the emotions.

Central

The core or most important part; in many contexts, it can refer to the central nervous system which includes the brain and spinal cord.