Elwin Osbourne,CIO at GFS,Inc

question 58

Multiple Choice

Elwin Osbourne,CIO at GFS,Inc.,suspects that at least 25% of e-mail messages sent by GFS employees are not business related. A random sample of 300 e-mail messages was selected to test this hypothesis at the 0.01 level of significance. Fifty-four of the messages were not business related. The appropriate decision is _______.

• A) increase the sample size
• B) gather more data
• C) reject the null hypothesis
• D) fail to reject the null hypothesis
• E) maintain status quo

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Maturation

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Biological Forces

Natural factors influencing or determining the behavior and development of organisms, including genetic, neurochemical, and evolutionary components.

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