The plant breeding department at a major university developed a new hybrid boysenberry plant called Stumptown Berry Based on research data, the claim is made that from the time shoots are planted 90 days on average are required to obtain the first berry A corporation that is interested in marketing the product, tests 60 shoots by planting them and recording the number of days before each plant produces its first berry The sample mean is 92 3 days The corporation will not market the product if the mean number of days is more than the 90 days claimed The hypotheses are H 0 90 H 1 90 What is a type I error in the context of this problem The following below are the possible answer The corporation will not market the Stumptown Berry even though the berry does produce fruit within the 90 days The corporation will market the Stumptown Berry even though the berry does produce fruit in more than 90 days The corporation will not market the Stumptown Berry even though the berry does produce fruit in more than 90 days The corporation will market the Stumptown Berry even though the berry does produce fruit within the 90 days

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The plant-breeding department at a major university developed a new hybrid boysenberry plant called Stumptown Berry. Based on research data, the claim is made that

The plant-breeding department at a major university developed a new hybrid boysenberry plant called Stumptown Berry. Based on research data, the claim is made that from the time shoots are planted 90 days on average are required to obtain the first berry. A corporation that is interested in marketing the product, tests 60 shoots by planting them and recording the number of days before each plant produces its first berry. The sample mean is 92.3 days. The corporation will not market the product if the mean number of days is more than the 90 days claimed.

The hypotheses are:

H₀: = 90

H₁: > 90

What is a type I error in the context of this problem?

The following below are the possible answer

The corporation will not market the Stumptown Berry even though the berry does produce fruit within the 90 days.

The corporation will market the Stumptown Berry even though the berry does produce fruit in more than 90 days.

The corporation will not market the Stumptown Berry even though the berry does produce fruit in more than 90 days.

The corporation will market the Stumptown Berry even though the berry does produce fruit within the 90 days.