document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=179501>Question 179501</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is the mean salary of accountants who have reached partnership status higher than that for accountants who are not partners? A sample of 15 accountants who have the partnership status showed a mean salary of $82,000 with a standard deviation of $5,500. A sample of 12 $6,500. At the 0.05 significance level can we conclude that accountants at the partnership level earn larger salaries?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.  State the null and alternative hypotheses.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.  State the decision rule.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.Compute the value of the test statistic\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d. Compute the p-value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e. What is your decision reguarding the null hypotheses?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again there is not a book just this practice question. </SPAN>\n" );
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