According to a national survey, middle school students read on average 45 minutes per day. The principal of Guilford Middle School is worried that its students read less, and has asked you to investigate. You collect a sample of 50 students and find an average reading time of 39 minutes and a standard deviation of 24 minutes. Using a significance level of=1%

=1%, what do you conclude?

Ans. choices

You reject the null hypothesis because the test statistic is greater than the critical value.

You reject the null hypothesis because the test statistic is less than the critical value.

You do not reject the null hypothesis because the test statistic is less than the critical value.

You do not reject the null hypothesis because the test statistic is greater than the critical value.