When AT&T Had a Monopoly on Telephones as a Result

question 29

Multiple Choice

When AT&T had a monopoly on telephones as a result of patents, it:

• A)kept prices above the competitive level
• B)created a shift in the demand for telephones
• C)compelled consumers to search for telephone substitutes
• D)compelled consumers to look after their telephones

Formulate null and alternative hypotheses for hypothesis testing involving multiple proportions or binomial parameters.

Distinguish between different statistical tests for analyzing nominal data.

Recognize the correct requirements of expected frequencies for the validity of the chi-square test.

Understand the reduction of multinomial experiments to binomial experiments under specific conditions.

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