Assume That a 90% Confidence Interval for the Mean Is

question 35

Multiple Choice

Assume that a 90% confidence interval for the mean is . The null hypothesis at 0.10 would

• A) be rejected because 17.0 is less than 18.5.
• B) not be rejected because 17.0 is less than 21.5.
• C) not be rejected because 21.5 is more than 18.5.
• D) be rejected because 17.0 is not equal equal to 20.0.

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