You Have Created a 95% Confidence Interval for μ with the Result

question 116

Multiple Choice

You have created a 95% confidence interval for μ with the result 10 ≤ μ ≤ 15. What decision will you make if you test H₀: μ = 16 versus H₁: μ ≠ 16 at α = 0.05?

• A) Reject H₀ in favor of H₁.
• B) Do not reject H₀ in favor of H₁.
• C) Fail to reject H₀ in favor of H₁.
• D) We cannot tell what our decision will be from the information given.

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