According to the norms established for a history test, Grade 8 students should have an average of 81.7 with standard deviation of 8.5. If 100 randomly selected grade 8 students from a certain school district average 79.6 in this test, can we conclude that at 0.05 level of significance that Grade 8 students from this school district can be expected to have a different average than the norm of 81.7?

According to the norms established for a history test, Grade 8 students should have an average of 81.7 with standard deviation of 8.5. If 100 randomly selected grade 8 students from a certain school district average 79.6 in this test, can we conclude that at 0.05 level of significance that Grade 8 students from this school district can be expected to have a different average than the norm of 81.7?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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