Question

The average weekly assignment score of students in a statistics class is 7 out of 10 points. The professor proposes new incentives to boost the score of the students (like providing internship contacts etc.) He hopes that the results of running this incentives plan for a trial during the next couple of weeks will enable him to conclude that the incentives he offers increase the average weekly assignment score of students. What is the null hypothesis.

A. The average weekly score is strictly more than or equal to 7.
B. The average weekly score is less than our equal to 7.
C. The average weekly score is strictly less than 7.
D. The average weekly score is strictly more than 7.

Answer 1

B. The average weekly score is less than or equal to 7.

Explanation:

The average weekly assignment score of students in a statistics class is 7 out of 10 points. Test if it has increased.

This means that at the null hypothesis it is tested that the mean score of the students has not increased, that is, it still is of at most 7, so:

`H_0: \mu \leq 7`

And thus, the correct answer is given by option b.