When Testing a Null Hypothesis About a Single Population Mean

question 38

Multiple Choice

When testing a null hypothesis about a single population mean and the population standard deviation is unknown,if the sample size is less than 30,one compares the computed test statistic for significance with a value from the ___________ distribution.

• A)t
• B)z
• C)Binomial
• D)Hypergeometric

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Definitions:

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