A Cereal Company Claims That the Mean Weight of the Cereal

question 52

Multiple Choice

A cereal company claims that the mean weight of the cereal in its 14 oz. packets is at least 14 oz. Assume that a hypothesis test of the claim has been conducted and that the conclusion of the test was to reject the null hypothesis. Identify the population to which the results of the test apply.

• A) The cereal packets that were tested
• B) The cereal packets of one kind manufactured by the cereal company
• C) All 14 oz. cereal packets used by the cereal company
• D) All cereal packets manufactured by the cereal company

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