The Following Output from MINITAB Presents the Results of a Hypothesis

question 11

Multiple Choice

The following output from MINITAB presents the results of a hypothesis test for a population mean $\mu$

$\begin{array}{l}\text { Test of } m u = 39 \text { vs. } \text { not } = 39\\\begin{array} { l r r c c r r } \mathrm { N } & \text { Mean } & \text { StDev } & \text { SE Mean } & 95 \% \text { CI } & \text { T } & \text { P } \\55 & 36.65 & 27.169760 & 3.66357 & ( 29.305028,43.994972 ) & - 0.641451 & 0.523943 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$

What are the null and alternate hypotheses?

• A) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu = 36.65 , H _ { 1 } : \mu \neq 36.65\)
• B) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu = 39 , H _ { 1 } : \mu = 36.65\)
• C) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu \neq 39 , H _ { 1 } : \mu = 39\)
• D) \(H _ { 0 } : \mu = 39 , H _ { 1 } : \mu \neq 39\)

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