A Hypothesis Regarding the Weight of Newborn Infants at a Community

question 64

Multiple Choice

A hypothesis regarding the weight of newborn infants at a community hospital is that the mean is 6.6 pounds. A sample of seven infants is randomly selected and their weights at birth are recorded as 9.0,7.3,6.0,8.8,6.8,8.4,and 6.6 pounds. What is the alternate hypothesis?

• A)H₁: µ = 6.6
• B)H₁: µ ≠ 6.6
• C)H₁: µ ≥ 6.6
• D)H₁: µ > 7.6

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A unit of measurement in chemistry representing the amount of a substance that contains the same number of entities as there are atoms in 12 grams of pure carbon-12.

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