STAT TECH IN BUSINESS & ECON AC
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Chapter 10, Problem 8E
For Exercises 5–8: (a) State the null hypothesis and the alternate hypothesis. (b) State the decision rule. (c) Compute the value of the test statistic. (d) What is your decision regarding H0? (e) What is the p-value? Interpret it.
8. At the time she was hired as a server at the Grumney Family Restaurant, Beth Brigden was told, “You can average $80 a day in tips.” Assume the population of daily tips is
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STAT TECH IN BUSINESS & ECON AC
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