Good credit: The Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) credit score is used by banks and other lenders to determine whether someone is a good credit risk. Scores range from  300  to  850 , with a score of  720  or more indicating that a person is a very good credit risk. An economist wants to determine whether the mean FICO score is lower than the cutoff of  720 . She finds that a random sample of  100  people had a mean FICO score of  710  with a standard deviation of  94 . Can the economist conclude that the mean FICO score is less than  720 ? Use the  =α0.05  level of significance and the critical value method.   Part 1 of 5 Your Answer is correct   (b) Compute the value of the test statistic. Round the answer to at least three decimal places.

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Good credit: The Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) credit score is used by banks and other lenders to determine whether someone is a good credit risk. Scores range from 

300
 to 
850
, with a score of 
720
 or more indicating that a person is a very good credit risk. An economist wants to determine whether the mean FICO score is lower than the cutoff of 
720
. She finds that a random sample of 
100
 people had a mean FICO score of 
710
 with a standard deviation of 
94
. Can the economist conclude that the mean FICO score is less than 
720
? Use the 
=α0.05
 level of significance and the critical value method.

 

Part 1 of 5
Your Answer is correct
 

(b) Compute the value of the test statistic. Round the answer to at least three decimal places.

 

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