Another medical assistant, who works at a different clinical laboratory,is concerned that cholesterol levels are high for many adults. The medical assistant would like to carry out a hypothesis test and test the claim that the average cholesterol level is higher than 250 mg/dL. Why is their hypothesis test right-tailed?

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This is a right-tailed test because adirection is specified. The population parameter is greater than the specified value.

This is a right-tailed test because adirection is not specified.

This is a right-tailed test because adirection is specified. The population parameter is less than the specified value.

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