Provide an Appropriate Response
-Test the Claim That for the Population

question 89

Essay

Provide an appropriate response
-Test the claim that for the population of female college students, the mean weight is given by $\mu = 132 \mathrm { lb }$ . Sample data are summarized as $\mathrm { n } = 20 , \overline { \mathrm { x } } = 137 \mathrm { lb }$ , and $\mathrm { s } = 14.2 \mathrm { lb }$ . Use a significance level of $\alpha = 0.1$

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