Refer to the Journal of Business Logistics (Vol. 36, 2015) study of the factors that lead to successful performance-based logistics projects, Exercise 2.45. Recall that opinions of a sample of Department of Defense (DOD) employees and suppliers were solicited during interviews. Data on years of experience for the 6 commercial suppliers interviewed are listed in the accompanying table. Assume these 6 interviewees represent a random sample selected from all DOD commercial suppliers. Consider the claim, "On average, commercial suppliers of the DOD have over 5 years of experience."

a. Give the null and alternative hypotheses for testing the claim.
b. Find the test statistic for the hypothesis test.
c. Give the rejection region for the hypothesis test, using α = .05.
d. State the appropriate conclusion for the hypothesis test.
e. A Minitab printout giving the test results is shown below. Find and interpret the p-value of the test.

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30 10 10 10 10 5 Variabla E Mean 95 Lover Bound Mean SEDEV .87 Deperianoe 6 12.33 3.62 5.04 2.03 0.049