Suppose you wish to test the claim that μd, the mean value of the differences of d for a population of paired data, is greater than 0.  Given a sample of n =15 and use a significance level of 0.01.  What criterion would be used for rejecting the null hypothesis?

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24.  Determine the decision criterion for rejecting the null hypothesis in the given hypothesis test, ie, describe the value of the test statistic that would result in the rejection of the null hypothesis .

Suppose you wish to test the claim that μd, the mean value of the differences of d for a population of paired data, is greater than 0.  Given a sample of n =15 and use a significance level of 0.01.  What criterion would be used for rejecting the null hypothesis? 

 

A. Reject the null hypothesis if test statistic > 2.977 or < -2.977
B. Reject the null hypothesis if the test statistic < 2.624
C. Reject the null hypothesis if the test statistic > 2.602
D. Reject the null hypothesis if the test statistic > 2.624

 

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