Is the ideal number of children equal to 2, or higher or lower than that? For testing that the mean response from a recent GSS equals 2.0 for the question, €œWhat do you think is the ideal number of children to have?€ software shows results:

a. Report the test statistic value, and show how it was obtained from other values reported in the table.
b. Explain what the P-value represents, and interpret its value.

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Test of mu = 2.0 vs not = 2.0 Variable N Mean StDev SE Mean T Children 1131 2.490 0.88 0.0262 18.73 0.0000