During a recent year, the mean ACT score for all college bound students had a mean of 24.65 and a standard deviation of 4.01.  The director of Stanley Kaplan is interested in knowing whether taking their course causes a difference on ACT scores.  She takes a random sample of 444 seniors and finds their mean to be 25.44.  Test the null hypothesis at the .05 level of significance.

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During a recent year, the mean ACT score for all college bound students had a mean of 24.65 and a standard deviation of 4.01.  The director of Stanley Kaplan is interested in knowing whether taking their course causes a difference on ACT scores.  She takes a random sample of 444 seniors and finds their mean to be 25.44.  Test the null hypothesis at the .05 level of significance.

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Sample size, n = 444

Population mean, µ = 24.65

Population standard deviation, σ = 4.01

Sample mean, x-bar = 25.44

Significance level, α = 0.05

We have to test the claim that whether taking their course causes a difference on ACT scores.

Hypothesis Formulation-

Null Hypothesis, H0: μ = 24.65

Alternate Hypothesis, Ha: μ ≠ 24.65

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