In Performing a Hypothesis Test Where the Null Hypothesis Is

question 46

Multiple Choice

In performing a hypothesis test where the null hypothesis is that the population mean is 23 against the alternative hypothesis that the population mean is not equal to 23, a random sample of 17 items is selected.The sample mean is 24.6 and the sample standard deviation is 3.3.It can be assumed that the population is normally distributed.The degrees of freedom associated with this are _______.

• A)17
• B)16
• C)15
• D)2
• E)1

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