A recent drug study revealed that a new drug on the market reduces cholesterol levels by an average of 20 mg/dL with a standard deviation of 7 mg/dL.  You think it is less than that.  You examine levels of 20 people on the drug (you have access to their before and after levels).  The average reduction was 15 mg/dL.  With a significance level of 0.05, is your hunch correct? Yes  or No

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A recent drug study revealed that a new drug on the market reduces cholesterol levels by an average of 20 mg/dL with a standard deviation of 7 mg/dL.  You think it is less than that.  You examine levels of 20 people on the drug (you have access to their before and after levels).  The average reduction was 15 mg/dL.  With a significance level of 0.05, is your hunch correct?

Yes 

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No

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