A Recent Study Posed the Question About Whether Japanese Are

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Multiple Choice

A recent study posed the question about whether Japanese are managers more motivated than American managers.A randomly selected sample of each was administered the Sarnoff Survey of Attitudes Toward Life (SSATL) ,which measures motivation for upward mobility.The SSATL scores are summarized below. Which of the following is the correct the null and alternative hypotheses to determine if the average SSATL score of Japanese managers differs from the average SSATL score of American managers?

• A) : - ≥ 0 versus : - < 0
• B) : - ≤ 0 versus : - > 0
• C) : - = 0 versus : - ≠ 0
• D) : - = 0 versus : - ≠ 0

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