[Objective: Calculate the Observed Value of the \Mathrm{z}-Statistic from Sample

question 11

Multiple Choice

[Objective: Calculate the observed value of the \mathrm{z}-statistic from sample data] Two researchers are comparing a blood pressure reducing drug with a two-sided altemative hypothesis. Their test statistics show that the following z values:
Which one of these have the smaller p-value and why?

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