A student believes that the average grade on the statistics final examination was 87. A sample of 36 past final examinations was taken. The average grade in the sample was 83.96 with a standard deviation of 12.
a.State the null and alternative hypotheses.b.Using the critical value approach, test the hypotheses at the 5% level of significance.c.Using the p-value approach, test the hypotheses at the 5% level of significance.
What will be an ideal response?
| a. | H0: ? = 87 |
| Ha: ?? 87 | |
| b. | test statistic t = -1.52, critical t =  2.03; do not reject H0 |
| c. | p-value is between .1 and .2; therefore, do not reject H0 |
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