A population mean is 13. The sample mean is 12.8, and the sample standard deviation is two. The sample size is 20. What distribution should you use to perform a hypothesis test? Assume the underlying population is normal. a. Student's t-distribution  b. Chi- squared distribution  c. F-distribution

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A population mean is 13. The sample mean is 12.8, and the sample standard deviation is two. The sample size is 20. What distribution should you use to perform a hypothesis test? Assume the underlying population is normal.

a. Student's t-distribution 

b. Chi- squared distribution 

c. F-distribution

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