If You Wish to Determine There Is Evidence That the Average

question 46

Multiple Choice

If you wish to determine there is evidence that the average starting salary for finance graduates exceeds $42,000, how would you formulate the null and alternative hypotheses?

• A) so that either a two-tailed or one-tailed test could be used
• B) so that a two-tailed test should be used
• C) so that a one-tailed test should be used
• D) so that the probability of committing a Type II error would be equal to 0.42

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