You have been discussing a research project with your friend Tony.Tony has told you that his hypothesis states, the mean of population 1 is equal to the mean of population 2.How would you write this research hypothesis in symbols? A)H₁ $\mu $₁ = $\mu $₂ B)H₀ $\mu $₁

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You have been discussing a research project with your friend Tony.Tony has told you that his hypothesis states, the mean of population 1 is equal to the mean of population 2.How would you write this research hypothesis in symbols? A)H₁ $\mu $₁ = $\mu $₂ B)H₀ $\mu $₁ < $\mu $₂ C)H₁ $\mu $₁ $\neq $ $\mu $₂ D)H₀ $\mu $₁ = $\mu $₂

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D is the only choice that correctly represents the research hypothesis in symbols. H₀ represents population 1 and H₁ represents population 2. F1F1F1S1μF1F1F10 represents the mean of population 1 and F1F1F1S1μF1F1F10 represents the mean of population 2. The = sign indicates that the means are equal. ₂ does not have any relevance to the hypothesis. Option A has an extra symbol of ≠, which implies that the means are not equal, contradicting the hypothesis. Option B has a < symbol, which implies that the mean of population 1 is less than the mean of population 2, which is different from the hypothesis.

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