We are curious to see if college students get less sleep than the average person. It is known from previous studies that the average person gets 8 hours of sleep on average with a standard deviation of 1 hour. We surveyed 100 students from LTCC and found that on average they got 7.5 hours of sleep with a standard deviation of 1.5 hours.   a) Which of the following is the appropriate alternative hypothesis? Group of answer choices μ=7.5 μ<8 μ=8 μ<7.5

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11.  We are curious to see if college students get less sleep than the average person. It is known from previous studies that the average person gets 8 hours of sleep on average with a standard deviation of 1 hour. We surveyed 100 students from LTCC and found that on average they got 7.5 hours of sleep with a standard deviation of 1.5 hours.

 

a) Which of the following is the appropriate alternative hypothesis?

Group of answer choices
μ=7.5
μ<8
μ=8
μ<7.5
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