According the the U.S. Department of Education, full-time graduate students receive an average salary of $15,000 with a standard deviation of $1,200. The dean of graduate studies at a large state university in PA claims that his graduate students earn more than this. He surveys 100 randomly selected students and finds their average salary is $16,000. Use a significance level of 0.05 to test if there is evidence that the dean's claim is correct.   What is the Z obt? (round to the nearest tenth)

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According the the U.S. Department of Education, full-time graduate students receive an average salary of $15,000 with a standard deviation of $1,200. The dean of graduate studies at a large state university in PA claims that his graduate students earn more than this. He surveys 100 randomly selected students and finds their average salary is $16,000. Use a significance level of 0.05 to test if there is evidence that the dean's claim is correct.

 

What is the Z obt? (round to the nearest tenth)

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