A Researcher Collects Data on the Distance Between College Students

question 65

Multiple Choice

A researcher collects data on the distance between college students' high schools and their colleges.He believes that the median distance is 200 miles.A random sample of 15 students yields the following data: At = .05, should the researcher's hypothesis be accepted or rejected?
You may use the following abbreviated table of critical values (two tailed, = .05) taken from Table
J:

• A)Reject because the test value 2 is less than the critical value 3
• B)Do not reject because the test value 4 is less than the critical value 13
• C)Reject because the test value 13 is more than the critical value 3
• D)Do not reject because the test value 13 is more than the critical value 3

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