Instruction 10-5
to Test the Effectiveness of a Business School

question 154

Multiple Choice

Instruction 10-5
To test the effectiveness of a business school preparation course,8 students took a general business test before and after the course.The results are given below.
$$\begin{array} { c c c } \text { Student } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Exam Score } \\\text { Before Course (1) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Exam Score } \\\text { After Course (2) }\end{array} \\\hline { 3 - 3 } 2 & 530 & 670 \\2 & 690 & 770 \\3 & 910 & 1,000 \\4 & 700 & 710 \\5 & 450 & 550 \\6 & 820 & 870 \\7 & 820 & 770 \\8 & 630 & 610\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 10-5,at the 0.05 level of significance,the decision for this hypothesis test would be

• A)reject the null hypothesis.
• B)reject the alternative hypothesis.
• C)do not reject the null hypothesis.
• D)It cannot be determined from the information given.

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