TABLE 10-5 To Test the Effectiveness of a Business School Preparation Course

question 92

Multiple Choice

TABLE 10-5
To test the effectiveness of a business school preparation course, 8 students took a general business test before and after the course. The results are given below.
-Referring to Table 10-5, at the 0.05 level of significance, the conclusion for this hypothesis test is that there is sufficient evidence that

• A) the business school preparation course does improve exam score.
• B) the business school preparation course does not improve exam score.
• C) the business school preparation course has no impact on exam score.
• D) no conclusion can be drawn from the information given.

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