Assume That a Hypothesis Test of the Given Claim Will

question 20

Multiple Choice

Assume that a hypothesis test of the given claim will be conducted. Identify the type I or type II error for the test. A consumer advocacy group claims that the mean mileage for the Carter Motor Company's new sedan is
Less than 32 miles per gallon. Identify the type I error for the test.

• A) Fail to reject the claim that the mean is equal to 32 miles per gallon when it is actually greater than 32 miles per gallon.
• B) Reject the claim that the mean is equal to 32 miles per gallon when it is actually less than 32 miles per gallon.
• C) Reject the claim that the mean is equal to 32 miles per gallon when it is actually 32 miles per gallon.
• D) Fail to reject the claim that the mean is equal to 32 miles per gallon when it is actually less than 32 miles per gallon.

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Definitions:

Stamp Act

A law enacted by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used, which was a contributing factor to the American Revolution.

East India Company

A historical English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, incorporated by royal charter in 1600.

Boston Tea Party

The incident on December 16, 1773, in which the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Indians, dumped hundreds of chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act of 1773. Under the Tea Act, the British exported to the colonies millions of pounds of cheap—but still taxed—tea, thereby undercutting the price of smuggled tea and forcing payment of the tea duty.

Battle of Alamance

A pre-American Revolutionary War conflict in 1771 between local militia and a group of rebels known as Regulators in North Carolina, symbolizing growing colonial unrest.