Software for learning. A statistics professor has observed that for several years students score an average of

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Software for learning. A statistics professor has observed that for several years students score an average of 105 points out of 150 on the semester exam. A salesman suggests that he try a statistics software package that gets students more involved with computers, predicting that it will increase students’ scores. The software is expensive, and the salesman offers to let the professor use it for a semester to see if the scores on the final exam increase significantly.

The professor will have to pay for the software only if he chooses to continue using it.

a) Is this a one-tailed or two-tailed test? Explain.

b) Write the null and alternative hypotheses.

c) In this context, explain what would happen if the professor makes a Type I error.

d) In this context, explain what would happen if the professor makes a Type II error.

e) What is meant by the power of this test?

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Business Statistics

ISBN: 9781292269313

4th Global Edition

Authors: Norean Sharpe, Richard De Veaux, Paul Velleman

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