The Football Coach at State University Wishes to Determine If

question 9

Multiple Choice

The football coach at State University wishes to determine if there is a decrease in offensi production between the first half and the second half of his team's recent games. The tabli shows the first-half and second-half offensive production (measured in total yards gained for the past six games.



Compute the test statistic.

• A) 1.164
• B) 1.063
• C) 0.475
• D) 3.960

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information used in the calculation of a statistic, often associated with the complexity of the data.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another datum or parameter in a statistical analysis.

Degrees of Freedom

The total number of distinct values or quantities that can be designated within a statistical distribution.

Critical Value

A point on the test statistic distribution that is compared to the test statistic to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.