A Researcher Collects Data on the Distance Between College Students

question 57

Multiple Choice

A researcher collects data on the distance between college students' high schools and their colleges. He believes that the median distance is 190 miles. A random sample of 15 students yields the following number of miles between their high schools and colleges:
15 15 20 20 35 35 45 65 75 100 125 165 185 800 2160
Test the researcher's hypothesis at α = 0.05.
You may use the following abbreviated table of critical values for the sign test (two-tailed, = .05) , taken from Table J in the text:

• A) Reject because the test value 2 is less than the critical value 3.
• B) Accept because the test value 4 is less than the critical value 13.
• C) Reject because the test value 13 is more than the critical value 3.
• D) Accept because the test value 190 is more than the critical value 3.

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