A Simple Random Sample of 100 Postal Employees Is Used

question 85

Multiple Choice

A simple random sample of 100 postal employees is used to test if the average time postal employees have worked for the postal service has changed from the value of 7.5 years recorded 20 years ago.The sample mean was = 7 years with a standard deviation of s = 2 years.Assume the distribution of the time the employees have worked for the postal service is approximately Normal.The hypotheses being tested are H₀:  = 7.5 versus H_a:   7.5.A one-sample t test will be used.What is the P-value for the one-sample t test?

• A)P-value < 0.01
• B)0.01 < P-value < 0.05
• C)0.05 < P-value < 0.10
• D)P-value > 0.10

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