A Company Is Researching the Effectiveness of a New Web

question 35

Multiple Choice

A company is researching the effectiveness of a new web site design to decrease the time to access a website. Five web site users were randomly selected and their times (in seconds) to access the web site with the old and new designs were recorded. The results follow. What is the value of the test statistic?

• A) 2.256
• B) 1.895
• C) 3.747
• D) 2.447

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Definitions:

Exploiting

Taking unfair advantage of a situation or person, often for personal gain and without consideration for ethical implications.

Symbiotic Relationship

A close, often long-term interaction between two different biological species, where each may benefit, one may benefit and the other is unaffected, or one benefits at the expense of the other.

Less Differentiated

Refers to entities or concepts that are not clearly distinguished or separated from each other.

Identified Patient

The family member whose symptoms or behaviors are identified as the reason for seeking therapy, often considered the manifesting carrier of the family's issues.