Question

The principal of a middle school claims that test scores of the seventh-graders at his school vary less than the test scores of the seventh-graders at a neighboring school, which have variation described by σ = 14.7. Assuming that a hypothesis test of the claim has been conducted and that the conclusion is to reject the null hypothesis, state the conclusion in nontechnical terms.

Answer 1

Answer:

There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the standard deviation is less than 14.7.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that that the null hypothesis is

       $H_o : \sigma < 14.7$

Now given from the question that this null hypothesis was rejected, it mean, in non technical term that there is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the standard deviation is less than 14.7.