Suppose You Are Interested in Testing Whether the Mean Earning

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Suppose you are interested in testing whether the mean earning of men in the General Social Survey is representative of the earning of the entire U.S.male population.The average male in the General Social Survey earned $31,607 in 2005 and the average male in the population earned $33,405 in 2005.State the null and research hypotheses.

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Present Value

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