A Manager at a Temp Agency Believes That One of the Agency's

question 107

Multiple Choice

A manager at a temp agency believes that one of the agency's recruiters has unorthodox methods and claims that the wages the recruiter secures for its temps differ from the agency's average wage of $12 per hour.The agency takes a random sample of 49 recent contracts the recruiter secured and finds an average wage of $11.25 per hour and a standard deviation of $2.25 per hour.Does the evidence support the agency's claim at the 5% significance level?

• A) Yes,because the p-value is greater than α,the claim is supported.
• B) No,because the p-value is not greater than α,the claim is not supported.
• C) Yes,because the value of the test statistic is less than the critical value,the claim is supported.
• D) No,because the value of the test statistic is greater than the critical value,the claim is not supported.

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