The Following Output from MINITAB Presents the Results of a Hypothesis

question 28

Multiple Choice

The following output from MINITAB presents the results of a hypothesis test. Test of $\mathrm { mu } = 55 \mathrm { vs }$ . not $= 55$ The assumed standard deviation $8.1$
$\begin{array}{llccrrr}\mathrm{N} & \text { Mean } & \text { SE Mean } & 95 \% \mathrm{CI} & \mathrm{Z} & \mathrm{P} \\48 & 52.75 & 1.877561 & (3.93378802,11.2938253) & -1.924501 & 0.054292 \\\hline\end{array}$
What are the null and alternate hypotheses?

• A) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu = 55 , H _ { 1 } : \mu = 52.75\)
• B) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu = 52.75 , H _ { 1 } : \mu \neq 52.75\)
• C) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu = 55 , H _ { 1 } : \mu \neq 55\)
• D) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu \neq 55 , H _ { 1 } : \mu = 55\)

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