A Wine Magazine Wants to Know If Chefs Can Tell

question 102

Multiple Choice

A wine magazine wants to know if chefs can tell the difference between duck liver pâté and wet dog food. Eighteen chefs were asked to rate both the pâté and dog food on a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 corresponding to "inedible" and 5 to "very tasty." The results are shown in the following table. Assuming the sampling distribution of can be approximated by the standard normal distribution, the value of the test statistic is ________.

• A) 3.767
• B) -3.767
• C) 0
• D) None of these choices is correct.

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Definitions:

Mixing Department

A specific section within a manufacturing setup where materials are combined to produce a product.

Equivalent Units

An approach in process costing that transforms units that are only partly finished into an equivalent number of entirely completed units, facilitating accounting procedures.

First-In, First-Out Method

An accounting method for valuing inventory where the first items purchased are the first ones removed from inventory, reflecting costs in the order they were incurred.

Conversion Costs

Conversion costs are the total expenses incurred in turning raw material into a finished product, including labor and overhead costs.