Determining the null and alternate hypothesis

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1. A Type I error occurs when we:

A) reject a false null hypothesis

B) reject a true null hypothesis

C) don't reject a false null hypothesis

D) don't reject a true null hypothesis

2. A professor of math refutes the claim that the average student spends 3 hours studying for the midterm exam. Which hypothesis is used to test the claim?

A) H0: µ ≠ 3, H1: µ > 3

B) H0: µ = 3, H1: µ ≠ 3

C) H0: µ ≠ 3, H1: µ = 3

D) H0: µ = 3, H1: µ < 3

Reference no: EM1312641

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