APPLIED STAT.IN BUS.+ECONOMICS
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Chapter 4.4, Problem 30SE
(a) By Chebyshev’s Theorem, at least how many students in a class of 200 would score within the
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For a hypothesis test, alpha = 0.05
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APPLIED STAT.IN BUS.+ECONOMICS
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