A University Is Interested in Promoting Graduates of Its Honors

question 44

Multiple Choice

A university is interested in promoting graduates of its honors program by establishing that the mean GPA of these graduates exceeds 3.50. A sample of 36 honors students is taken and is found to have a mean GPA equal to 3.60. The population standard deviation is assumed to equal 0.40. At a 5% significance level, the decision is to ________.

• A) reject H₀ we can conclude that the mean GPA is significantly greater than 3.50
• B) reject H₀ we cannot conclude that the mean GPA is significantly greater than 3.50
• C) not reject H₀ we can conclude that the mean GPA is significantly greater than 3.50
• D) not reject H₀ we cannot conclude that the mean GPA is significantly greater than 3.50

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Definitions:

Internal

Pertaining to or situated on the inside; relating to the inner nature of something or someone.

Pessimism

The tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; a lack of hope or confidence in the future.

Pessimistic Explanatory

A tendency to interpret and explain negative events as being widespread, permanent, and uncontrollable.

State-Dependent Memory

The effect in which a person's memory recall improves when they are in the same mental state as the time the memory was created.