Question

Mean Height of Men A formal hypothesis test is to be conducted using the claim that the mean height of men is equal to 174.1 cm. What is the null hypothesis, and how is it denoted? What is the alternative hypothesis, and how is it denoted? What are the possible conclusions that can be made about the null hypothesis? Is it possible to conclude that "there is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the mean height of men is equal to 174.1 cm"?

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Explanation:

The Null hypothesis says mean height is 174.1cm

The alternative hypothesis negatea the null hypothesis :

Possible conclusions that can be made about the Null hypothesis. After utilizing the tbe various statistical procedures, we can either stand by the Null hypothesis or we reje t this null Hypothesis.

From the question above, supporting tbe claim that the mean height of men is equal to 174.1 cm is impossible as the expression represents the null claim. Statistical test are only used to support an alternative claim whereby if the test is not significant at certain level of significance x

Alternative hypothesis serves as the claim which requires statistical test on other to establish it's significance.