A One-Sample T Test Was Used to See If a College

question 22

Multiple Choice

A one-sample t test was used to see if a college ski team skied faster than the population of skiers at a popular ski resort. The resulting statistic was t _.05(23) = -7.13, p

• A) The sample mean of the college skiers was significantly different from the population mean.
• B) The sample mean of the college skiers was not significantly different from the population mean.
• C) The null hypothesis was true.
• D) The sample mean was greater than the population mean.

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