A researcher claims that the amounts of acetaminophen in a certain brand of cold tablets have a standard deviation different from the $\sigma = 3.3$ mg claimed by the manufacturer. Assuming that a hypothesis test of the claim has been conducted and that the conclusion is failure to reject the null hypothesis, state the conclusion in nontechnical terms.
A) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the standard deviation is equal to 3.3 mg.
B) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the standard deviation is equal to 3.3 mg.
C) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the standard deviation is different from 3.3 mg.
D) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the standard deviation is different from 3.3 mg.

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The failure to reject the null hypothesis indicates that there is not enough evidence to support the claim that the standard deviation is different from 3.3 mg.

A Researcher Claims That the Amounts of Acetaminophen in a Certain