Question

A small county has two property appraisers, Tim and Julie. Does Tim appraise property differently on average than the Julie? Each appraiser looks at 20 properties and each independently determines the value of the property. (Tim - Julie)

How should we write the alternative hypothesis?
(mud is the population mean difference)
A. Ha: mud = 0.
B. Ha: mud > 0.
C. Ha: mud < 0.
D. Ha: mud does not equal zero.

Answer 1

The answer is "Option D"

Explanation:

In this question the "choice D" is wrong because
`H_a: \mu_d \\eq 0`.