SOLUTION: Which of the following would be an appropriate alternative hypothesis? The population mean is equal to 3.4. The population mean is greater than 3.4. The samp

Question 1088016: Which of the following would be an appropriate alternative
hypothesis?

The population mean is equal to 3.4.

The population mean is greater than 3.4.

The sample mean is not equal to 3.4.

The sample mean is greater than 3.4.

The sample mean is equal to 3.4.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

"The population mean is greater than 3.4."   <--correct answer

Only null hypotheses claim that a population mean EQUALS something.

About sample means. We never make claims about a sample mean in a
hypothesis, because that's something we calculate whenever we take 
a sample.  We use a sample mean to make inferences about the 
population mean.

Edwin

RELATED QUESTIONS
Provide an appropriate response. Gary is conducting a hypothesis test concerning a... (answered by Theo)

Which of the following is an appropriate null hypothesis? a) The mean of a population... (answered by stanbon)

Badbury is currently having a sale on their 1 kg bags of assorted chocolates (which... (answered by stanbon)

To conduct a hypothesis test of the claim that the population mean satisfaction rating of (answered by Theo)

To test the null hypothesis that the average lifetime for a particular brand of bulb is... (answered by stanbon)

Following the analysis of some data on two samples drawn from populations in which the... (answered by robertb)

Question 1 of 40 0.0/ 2.5 Points A researcher wants to check the claim that... (answered by Alan3354,MathTherapy)

Hi, - Claim: the population mean is greater than 948. Sample data: n = 100, x-bar = (answered by stanbon)

Find the P - value for the test statistic z=−1.41 for the following null and... (answered by Theo)