SCENARIO 9-9 The President of a University Claimed That the Entering Class

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SCENARIO 9-9
The president of a university claimed that the entering class this year appeared to be larger than the entering class from previous years but their mean SAT score is lower than previous years.He took a sample of 20 of this year's entering students and found that their mean SAT score is 1,501 with a standard deviation of 53.The university's record indicates that the mean SAT score for entering students from previous years is 1,520.He wants to find out if his claim is supported by the evidence at a 5% level of significance.
-Referring to Scenario 9-9,the null hypothesis would be rejected if a 10% probability of committing a Type I error is allowed.

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Definitions:

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors, a measure used in statistics to indicate the difference between the observed and predicted values by a model.

Coefficient Of Correlation

A numerical measure that quantifies the degree to which two variables are correlated, indicating the strength and direction of their relationship.

Coefficient Of Determination

A measure used in statistical analysis that assesses how well a model explains and predicts future outcomes, often denoted as R^2.

Coefficient Of Correlation

A statistical measure that calculates the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables.