A process is considered to be performing to acceptable standards if its mean is at least 300.  To determine whether the process has to be reconfigured, a plant manager wants to determine if there is evidence that the process mean is below 300.  Experience has shown that the process is normally distributed with a standard deviation of   20. In this situation, a Type I error would be made when it is concluded that µ is                                 300 when in fact µ is                                 300.       not equal to; equal to       equal to; greater than       below; equal or greater than     greater than; less than or equal  to

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A process is considered to be performing to acceptable standards if its mean is at least 300.  To determine whether the process has to be reconfigured, a plant manager wants to determine if there is evidence that the process mean is below 300.  Experience has shown that the process is normally distributed with a standard deviation of   20.

  1. In this situation, a Type I error would be made when it is concluded that µ is                                 300 when in fact µ is                                 300.

 

   
    1. not equal to; equal to

 

   
    1. equal to; greater than

 

   

below; equal or greater than

   
    1. greater than; less than or equal  to

 

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