A Local Retail Business Wishes to Determine If There Is $\neq$

question 102

Multiple Choice

A local retail business wishes to determine if there is a difference in preferred indoor temperature between men and women. A random sample of data is collected, with the following results (note: there are slight differences between Excel and MegaStat output in this test) : What is the alternate hypothesis?

• A) µ₁ - µ₂> 0, or µ_d > 0
• B) µ₁ \(\neq\) µ_2, or µ_d \(\neq\) 0
• C) µ₁ - µ₂ \(\le\) 0, or µ_d < 0
• D) µ₁ - µ₂ = 0

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