SCENARIO 9-1
Microsoft Excel was used on a set of data involving the number of defective items found in a random sample of 46 cases of light bulbs produced during a morning shift at a plant.A manager wants to know if the mean number of defective bulbs per case is greater than 20 during the morning shift.She will make her decision using a test with a level of significance of 0.10.The following information was extracted from the Microsoft Excel output for the sample of 46 cases:

-Referring to Scenario 9-1,the null hypothesis would be rejected.

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SCENARIO 9-1
Microsoft Excel was used on a set of data involving the number of defective items found in a random sample of 46 cases of light bulbs produced during a morning shift at a plant.A manager wants to know if the mean number of defective bulbs per case is greater than 20 during the morning shift.She will make her decision using a test with a level of significance of 0.10.The following information was extracted from the Microsoft Excel output for the sample of 46 cases:
 
-Referring to Scenario 9-1,the null hypothesis would be rejected.

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The p-value for the test is 0.036, which is less than the level of significance of 0.10. Therefore, the null hypothesis that the mean number of defective bulbs per case is 20 can be rejected in favor of the alternative hypothesis that the mean is greater than 20.

SCENARIO 9-1 Microsoft Excel Was Used on a Set of Data Involving