The Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) Is a Psychological

question 11

Multiple Choice

The Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) is a psychological test that measures the motivation, attitude, and study habits of college students. Scores range from 0 to 200 and follow (approximately) a normal distribution with mean of 115 and standard deviation  = 25. You suspect that incoming freshman have a mean  which is different than 115, because they are often excited yet anxious about entering college. To test your suspicion, you test the hypotheses
H₀:  = 115 H_a:  115.
In testing these hypotheses, which of the following would be strong evidence against the null hypothesis?

• A) using a small level of significance
• B) using a large level of significance
• C) obtaining data with a small P-value
• D) obtaining data with a large P-value