A Quality Control Manager at a Bottling Plant Wishes to Know

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Essay

A quality control manager at a bottling plant wishes to know if the median amount of juice in their 473 mL bottles actually falls below 473 mL.The amounts of juice in 34 randomly selected juice bottles are measured.Of the 34 bottles,21 contained less than 473 mL,4 contained exactly 473 mL,and 9 contained more 473 mL.Perform a sign test to determine if the median amount is less than 473 mL.Use a 5% level of significance.

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Definitions:

Symptom Substitution

A hypothesis in some psychological schools of thought that a symptom will be replaced by another if the underlying cause of the symptom is not addressed.

Behavioral Activation

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Avoidance Behaviors

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Depression

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