Lucy Baker Is Analyzing Demographic Characteristics of Two Television Programs $\mu$

question 12

Multiple Choice

Lucy Baker is analyzing demographic characteristics of two television programs, American Idol (population 1) and 60 Minutes (population 2) .Previous studies indicate no difference in the ages of the two audiences.(The mean age of each audience is the same.) Lucy plans to test this hypothesis using a random sample of 100 from each audience.Her alternate hypothesis is ____________.

• A)\(\mu\)₁ - \(\mu\)₂ ≤ 0
• B)\(\mu\)₁ - \(\mu\)₂ ≥ 0
• C)\(\mu\)₁ - \(\mu\)₂ = 0
• D)\(\mu\)₁ - \(\mu\)₂ \(\neq\) 0
• E)\(\mu\)₁ - \(\mu\)₂ = 1

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