(Choose 1 answer)
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A. (iv)
B. (ii)
C. (iii)
D. None of the other choices is correct
E. (i)
The federal government would like to test the hypothesis that the average age of men filing for Social Security is higher than the average age of women set using a = 0.05 with the following data:
Women
Men
64.5 years
35
63.6 years
39
Sample mean
Sample size
Population standard
deviation
3.0 years
3.5 years
If Population 1 is defined as men and Population 2 is defined as women,the correct hypothesis statement for this hypothesis test would be
(1) Ηο: μ1 - μ2 ≥ 0; Η1:μ1 - μ2 <0.
(ii) Ho: μ1 - μ2 = 0; Η1:μ1 - μ2 > 0.
(iii) H0: μ1 - μ2 = 0; H1: μ1 - μ270.
(iv) H0 μ2 - μ1 ≤0; H1: μ2 - μ1 > 0.
