Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 27

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-A government agency believes that the median hourly wages for retail store workers in the central U.S. is $\$ 6.70$ . In a random sample of 100 workers, 68 were paid less than $\$ 6.70,10$ were paid $\$ 6.70$ , and the rest more than $\$$ 6.70. Find the critical values to test the government's hypothesis. Use $\alpha = 0.05$ .

• A) \(\pm 1.96\)
• B) \(\pm 1.645\)
• C) \(\pm 2.575\)
• D) \(\pm 2.33\)

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