A Sample of 8 Measurements, Randomly Selected from a Normally $\bar { x } = 5.2 , s = 1.1$

question 48

Essay

A sample of 8 measurements, randomly selected from a normally distributed population resulted in the following summary statistics: $\bar { x } = 5.2 , s = 1.1$ . Test the null hypothesis tha the mean of the population is 4 against the alternative hypothesis $\mu \neq 4$ . Use $\alpha = .05$ .

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