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The mean work week for engineers in a start-up company is believed to be about 56 hours. A newly hired engineer hopes that it's shorter. She asks 10 engineering friends in start-ups for the lengths of their mean work weeks. Their responses are 70; 45; 55; 60; 65; 55; 55; 60; 50; 55. Is the newly hired engineer testing a mean or a proportion? mean proportion The null hypothesis, in symbols, is μ=μ=. Is the test left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed? left-tailed right-tailed two-tailed

The mean work week for engineers in a start-up company is believed to be about 56 hours. A newly hired engineer hopes that it's shorter. She asks 10 engineering friends in start-ups for the lengths of their mean work weeks. Their responses are 70; 45; 55; 60; 65; 55; 55; 60; 50; 55. Is the newly hired engineer testing a mean or a proportion? mean proportion The null hypothesis, in symbols, is μ=μ=. Is the test left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed? left-tailed right-tailed two-tailed

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The mean work week for engineers in a start-up company is believed to be about 56 hours. A newly hired engineer hopes that it's shorter. She asks 10 engineering friends in start-ups for the lengths of their mean work weeks. Their responses are 70; 45; 55; 60; 65; 55; 55; 60; 50; 55.

  • Is the newly hired engineer testing a mean or a proportion?
    mean
    proportion
  • The null hypothesis, in symbols, is μ=μ=.
  • Is the test left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed?
    left-tailed
    right-tailed
    two-tailed
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