Assume That 10 People Join a Weight Loss Program for 3

question 87

Multiple Choice

Assume that 10 people join a weight loss program for 3 months.Each person's weight both before and after the program is recorded and the number of pounds each person lost is found.The following summarizes the results for the 10 people: Mean weight lost = 9 pounds
Sample standard deviation of weight lost = 4.6 pounds
Assume that the hypothesis test will be conducted to determine whether or not the weight loss program is effective using a 0.05 level of significance.What is the value of the test statistic?

• A)t = 6.19
• B)t = 1.96
• C)z = 1.96
• D)z = 6.19

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