Some of the following statements refer to the null hypothesis, some to the alternate hypothesis. State the null hypothesis, H0, and the alternative hypothesis. Ha, in terms of the appropriate parameter (μ or p) d. Twenty-nine percent of high school seniors get drunk each month. [______] e. Fewer than 5% of adults ride the bus to work in Los Angeles. [______] f. The mean number of cars a person owns in her lifetime is at most ten. [______]

Some of the following statements refer to the null hypothesis, some to the alternate hypothesis. State the null hypothesis, H0, and the alternative hypothesis. Ha, in terms of the appropriate parameter (μ or p) d. Twenty-nine percent of high school seniors get drunk each month. [] e. Fewer than 5% of adults ride the bus to work in Los Angeles. [] f. The mean number of cars a person owns in her lifetime is at most ten. [__]

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.3: Measures Of Spread

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