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A psychologist is studying smokers self images, which she measures by the self image (SI) score from a personality inventory. For adults in the U.S., the mean SI score from this inventory is about 140. The psychologist gathers a random sample of 17 SI scores of smokers and finds that their mean is 164 and their standard deviation is 38. Assume that the population of SI scores of smokers is normally distributed with mean μ. Based on the sample, can the psychologist conclude that μ is different from 140? Use the 0.05 level of significance. Perform a two-tailed test. Then complete the parts below. Carry your intermediate computations to three or more decimal places and round your answers as specified in the table.

(a) State the null hypothesis H and the alternative hypothesis H,.
H, :0
H :
(b) Determine the type of test statistic to use.
(Choose one)
(c) Find the value of the test statistic. (Round to three or more decimal places.)
(d) Find the two critical values. (Round to three or more decimal places.)
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(e) At the 0.05 level of significance, can the psychologist conclude that the mean
SI score among smokers is different from 140?
O Yes O No

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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