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Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 9.2, Problem 7E
Carpet Salesperson Salaries. Carpetland salespersons average $8000 per week in sales. Steve Contois, the firm’s vice president, proposes a compensation plan with new selling incentives. Steve hopes that the results of a trial selling period will enable him to conclude that the compensation plan increases the average sales per salesperson.
- a. Develop the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses.
- b. What is the Type I error in this situation? What are the consequences of making this error?
- c. What is the Type II error in this situation? What are the consequences of making this error?
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Ch. 9.3 - Consider the following hypothesis test:
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