A Left-Tailed Test Is One Where the Sample Outcome Is

question 39

Multiple Choice

A left-tailed test is one where the sample outcome is hypothesized to be

• A)at the right tail of the sampling distribution.
• B)at the left tail of the sampling distribution.
• C)approximately normal within ± 1 Z scores.
• D)curvilinear over the distribution.

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