SCENARIO 9-9 The President of a University Claimed That the Entering Class

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SCENARIO 9-9
The president of a university claimed that the entering class this year appeared to be larger than the entering class from previous years but their mean SAT score is lower than previous years.He took a sample of 20 of this year's entering students and found that their mean SAT score is 1,501 with a standard deviation of 53.The university's record indicates that the mean SAT score for entering students from previous years is 1,520.He wants to find out if his claim is supported by the evidence at a 5% level of significance.
-Referring to Scenario 9-9,the highest level of significance at which the null hypothesis cannot be rejected is .

Understand the concept of the normal curve and its association with measures of central tendency.

Grasp the principles of correlation, including positive, negative, and illusory correlations.

Recognize the significance of statistical significance and how it is evaluated in research.

Distinguish various measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode) and when each is appropriate to use.

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