document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1061708>Question 1061708</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Experiments on learning in animals sometimes measure how long it takes mice to find their way through a maze. The mean time is 18 seconds for one particular maze. A researcher thinks that a loud noise will cause the mice to complete the maze faster. She measures how long each of 10 mice takes with a noise as stimulus. The sample mean is x = 16.5 seconds. What is the alternative hypothesis for the test of significance?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) Ha: &#956; &#8800; 16.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) Ha: &#956; < 16.5    <BR>\n" );
document.write( "c) Ha: &#956; &#8800; 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d) Ha: &#956; < 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e) Ha: &#956; > 18 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Ha is the mean is not 18 (a two way test with a greater critical value, better than a one way test, unless one is convinced the results will be in one direction). The sample is never part of the hypothesis.<BR>\n" );
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