Question

The makers of Mini-Oats cereal have an automated packaging machine that is set to fill boxes with 24 ounces of cereal. At various times in the packaging process, we select a random sample of 100 boxes to see if the machine is filling the boxes with an average of 24 ounces of cereal. Which of the following is an appropriate statement of the null hypothesis? Group of answer choices The machine fills the boxes with the proper amount of cereal. The average is 24 ounces. The machine is not filling the boxes with the proper amount of cereal. The average is not 24 ounces. The machine is not putting enough cereal in the boxes. The average is less than 24 oun

Answer 1

Answer:

“The average is 24 ounces”

Step-by-step explanation:

The null hypothesis is always a statement that is already established and we consider true, until it emerges a situation that makes us doubt about the truthfulness of that established fact.

The null is very often an average or mean, but not necessarily.

In this case, as the established fact is that the boxes are filled with an average weight of 24 ounces, the null hypothesis is “The average is 24 ounces”