A nutritionist claims that the mean tuna consumption by a person is 3.2 pounds per year. A sample of 80 people shows that the mean tuna consumption by a person is 2.9 pounds per year. Assume the population standard deviation is 1.23 pounds. At α=0.07​, can you reject the​

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A nutritionist claims that the mean tuna consumption by a person is 3.2 pounds per year. A sample of 80 people shows that the mean tuna consumption by a person is 2.9 pounds per year. Assume the population standard deviation is 1.23 pounds. At α=0.07​, can you reject the​ claim?

(a) Identify the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.

(b) Identify the standardized test statistic.

z=

​(c) Find the​ P-value.

 

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