A Student Is Trying to Decide If It Is Cheaper

question 45

Multiple Choice

A student is trying to decide if it is cheaper to order blank CDs over the internet or to buy them at local electronic stores.Listed below are the prices (in dollars) quoted for boxes of 200 blank CDs from various manufacturers. Set up the alternative hypothesis for the claim that buying over the Internet (I) is cheaper than buying from the local electronics stores (E) .

• A)H_A: D_I is shifted to the right of D_E
• B)H_A: D_I is shifted to the left or right of D_E
• C)H_A: D_I is shifted to the left of D_E
• D)H_A: D_I is identical to D_E

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

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Causal Attributions

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