State the Appropriate Null and Alternative Hypothesis and Find the Critical

question 71

Multiple Choice

State the appropriate null and alternative hypothesis and find the critical value for a left-tailed test with $\alpha = 0.10$ and $n = 23$ . Use $\sigma ^ { 2 } = 225$ .

• A) \(\mathrm { H } _ { \mathrm { O } : } \sigma ^ { 2 } = 225\)
• \(\mathrm { H } _ { 1 : } \sigma ^ { 2 } < 225\)
• C. \(\mathrm { V } . = 14.042\)
• B) \(\mathrm { H } _ { \mathrm { O } } : \sigma ^ { 2 } = 225\)
• \(\mathrm { H } _ { 1 : } \sigma ^ { 2 } < 225\)
• C. \(\mathrm { V } . = 14.848\)
• C) \(\mathrm { H } _ { \mathrm { O } } : \sigma ^ { 2 } = 225\)
• \(\mathrm { H } _ { 1 : } \sigma ^ { 2 } > 225\)
• C. \(\mathrm { V } . = 14.042\)
• D) \(\mathrm { H } _ { \mathrm { O } : } \sigma ^ { 2 } = 225\)
• \(\mathrm { H } _ { 1 : } \sigma ^ { 2 } > 225\)
• C. \(\mathrm { V } . = 14.848\)

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