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?

• 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 =.9757
• D.H1:< 16.4 feet; the P-value =0.0321