Provide an Appropriate Response $x$ To Test the Owner's Hypothesis $\alpha = 0.05$

question 18

Multiple Choice

Provide an appropriate response.
-A convenience store owner believes that the median number of newspapers sold per day is 79 . A random sample of 20 days yields the data below. Find the test statistic $x$ to test the owner's hypothesis.
Use $\alpha = 0.05$ .
$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l } 62 & 78 & 89 & 94 & 61 & 85 & 100 & 57 & 63 & 68 \\ 77 & 84 & 84 & 74 & 74 & 79 & 79 & 89 & 84 & 68 \end{array}$

• A) 8
• B) 10
• C) 2
• D) 18

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