A University Is Interested in Promoting Graduates of Its Honors

question 78

Multiple Choice

A university is interested in promoting graduates of its honors program by establishing that the mean GPA of these graduates exceeds 3.50. A sample of 36 honors students is taken and is found to have a mean GPA equal to 3.60. The population standard deviation is assumed to equal 0.40. The parameter to be tested is ________.

• A) the mean GPA of all university students
• B) the mean GPA of the university honors students
• C) the mean GPA of 3.60 for the 36 selected honors students
• D) the proportion of honors students with a GPA exceeding 3.50

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