A University Is Interested in Promoting Graduates of Its Honors

question 99

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 value of the test statistic is ________.

• A) z = -1.50
• B) t₃₅ = -1.50
• C) z = 1.50
• D) t₃₅ = 1.50

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