Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of Credit First Banks

question 22

Multiple Choice

Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of Credit First Banks (CFB) , monitors the default rate on personal loans at the CFB member banks.One of her standards is "no more than 5% of personal loans should be in default." On each Friday, the default rate is calculated for a sample of 500 personal loans.Last Friday's sample contained 30 defaulted loans.Ophelia's null hypothesis is ___.

• A)p > 0.05
• B)p ≤ 0.05
• C)n = 30
• D)n = 500
• E)n = 0.05

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