I. Two Examples of a Hypothesis Are

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Multiple Choice

i. Two examples of a hypothesis are:
1) mean monthly income from all sources for senior citizens is $841 and
2) twenty percent of juvenile offenders ultimately are caught and sentenced to prison.
ii. Hypothesis testing is a procedure based on sample evidence and probability theory to decide
Whether the hypothesis is a reasonable statement.
iii. Since there is more variability in sample means computed from smaller samples, we have more
Confidence in the resulting estimates and are less apt to reject null hypothesis.

• A) (i), (ii), and (iii) are all correct statements.
• B) (i) is a correct statement but not (ii) or (iii).
• C) (i) and (iii) are correct statements but not (ii).
• D) (i) and (ii) are correct statements but not (iii).
• E) (i), (ii), and (iii) are all false statements.

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