If a Hypothesis Test for a Single Population Variance Is

question 66

Multiple Choice

If a hypothesis test for a single population variance is to be conducted using a significance level of 0.10,a sample size of n = 16,and the test is a one-tailed upper-tail test,the critical value is:

• A)z = 1.28
• B)t = 1.345
• C)x² = 22.3071
• D)x² = 24.9958

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