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A scientist has read that the mean birth weight of babies born at full term is 7 3 pounds The scientist has good reason to believe that the mean birth weight of babies born at full term is greater than this value and plans to perform a statistical test She selects a random sample of birth weights of babies born at full term and finds the mean of the sample to be 7 5 pounds and the standard deviation to be 1 8 pounds Based on this information complete the parts below a What are the null hypothesis Ho and the alternative hypothesis H that should be used for the test Ho H 0 b Suppose that the scientist decides not to reject the null hypothesis What sort of error might she be making Choose one c Suppose the true mean birth weight of babies born at full term is 7 3 pounds Fill in the blanks to describe a Type I error A Type I error would be Choose one Choose one Choose one V Choose one the hypothesis that u is when in fact u is 0 X X OSO O 0 0 0 0 S

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