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document.write( "\"The population mean is greater than 3.4.\"   <--correct answer\r\n" );
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document.write( "Only null hypotheses claim that a population mean EQUALS something.\r\n" );
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document.write( "About sample means. We never make claims about a sample mean in a\r\n" );
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document.write( "a sample.  We use a sample mean to make inferences about the \r\n" );
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