The Next Questions Are Based on the Following Information

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Multiple Choice

The Next Questions Are Based On The Following Information:
A professor claims that the average score on a recent exam was 83.Suppose you want to test whether the professor's statement is correct.Assume that the test scores are normally distributed.You ask some people in class how they did,and record the following scores: 82,77,85,76,81,91,70,and 82.
-What is the appropriate decision rule?

• A)Reject H₀ if t statistic > t_α,n-1
• B)Reject H₀ if t statistic < -t_n-1,α/2 or > t_n-1,α/2
• C)Reject H₀ if t statistic = t_α,n-1
• D)Reject H₀ if t statistic < -t_α,n-1

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Definitions:

Accommodation

In psychology, the process of modifying existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understandings to integrate new information.

Analytic Approach

A technique for solving issues by dividing a complicated subject or material into more manageable pieces, facilitating a deeper comprehension of it.

Information Processing

a cognitive approach that likens the mind to a computer, focusing on how information is input, stored, and retrieved.

Heuristic

A rule of thumb, or shortcut method, used in thinking, reasoning, and/or decision making.