Last Year, During an Investigation of the Time Spent Reading

question 152

Multiple Choice

Last year, during an investigation of the time spent reading e-mails on a daily basis, researchers found that on Monday the average time was 50 minutes. Office workers claim that with the increased spam and junk mail, this time has now increased. To conduct a test, a sample of 25 employees is selected with the following results: sample mean = 51.05 minutes and sample standard deviation = 14.2 minutes. Assume times are normally distributed.
-How much evidence do we have that the workers' claim is true?

• A)Little to no evidence
• B)Some evidence
• C)Strong evidence
• D)Very strong evidence
• E)Extremely strong evidence

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