When Conducting a One-Tailed Hypothesis Test of a Population Variance

question 42

Multiple Choice

When conducting a one-tailed hypothesis test of a population variance using a sample size of n = 24 and a 0.10 level of significance, the critical value is:

• A) 32.0069
• B) 35.1725
• C) 33.1962
• D) 36.4150

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