A severe storm has an average peak wave height of 16.4 feet for waves hitting the shore. Suppose that a storm is in progress with a severe storm class rating. Let us say that we want to set up a statistical test to see if the wave action (i.e., height) is dying down. The next 10 waves have an average wave height is 16 feet with a SD of .6 ft.

If you wanted to test the hypothesis that the waves are dying down, what would you use for the alternate hypothesis? What is the p-value?

Question 7 options:

A. H₁:> 16.4 feet; the P-value =.9757

B. H₁:>16.4 feet; the P-value = 0.0321

C. H₁:< 16.4 feet; the P-value =0.0321

D. H₁:=16.4 feet; the P-value =.9757