A certain company will purchase the house of any employee who is transferred out of state and will handle all details of reselling the house. The purchase price is based on two assessments, one assessor being chosen by the employee and one by the company. Based on the sample of eight assessments shown, do the two assessors agree? Use the .01 level of significance.

Assessments of Eight Homes ($ thousands)
Assessed by	Home 1	Home 2	Home3	Home 4	Home 5	Home 6	Home 7	Home 8
Company	330	345	452	270	298	286	537	744
Employee	317	350	473	280	307	283	523	769

Click here for the Excel Data File (a) Choose the appropriate hypotheses. Assume d = company assessed value employee assessed value.

multiple choice

H₀:_d= 0 versusH₁:_d 0. Correct

H₀:_d 0 versusH₁:_d= 0.

(b) State the decision rule for .01 level of significance. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign.)

(c-1) Find the test statistic t_calc. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign.)

(c-2) What is your conclusion?