At a Certain University, the Average Attendance at Basketball Games

question 70

Multiple Choice

At a certain university, the average attendance at basketball games has been 2925. This year the attendance for the first 11 games has been 2715 with a standard deviation of 535. The athletic director claims that the attendance is the same as last year. If = .05, what are the critical values for this two-tailed t test?

• A) 1.812
• B) 2.228
• C) 1.796
• D) 2.201

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