Essentials of Statistics (5th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32192-459-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-32192-459-9

Chapter 8 - Hypothesis Testing - 8-4 Testing a Claim about a Mean - Page 417: 35

Answer

a. 42.74 percent chance b. 57.26 percent chance

Work Step by Step

a. The value of .4274 suggests that if we were to reject the null hypothesis, there is a 42.74 percent chance that our rejection would be a valid rejection of the null hypothesis. b. The value of .5726 suggests that if we were to accept the null hypothesis, there is a 57.26 percent chance that our acceptance would be correct.
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