A Null Hypothesis H₀: µ $\ge$ 24 Is Not Rejected at a Significance Level of 0

question 2

Multiple Choice

A null hypothesis H₀: µ $\ge$ 2.4 is not rejected at a significance level of 0.04.( $\alpha$ = 0.04) .The standard deviation for the normally distributed population is known to be 0.40.Determine the Type II error,if we assume that the actual mean is 2.125 based on a sample size of 16.

• A)8413
• B)1587
• C)3413
• D)3177

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Biomarker

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Amino Acids

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