Provide an appropriate response.
-A convenience store owner believes that the median number of newspapers sold per day is 73 . A random sample of 20 days yields the data below. Find the critical value to test the owner's hypothesis.
Use $\alpha = 0.05$.
$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l } 56 & 72 & 83 & 88 & 55 & 79 & 94 & 51 & 57 & 62 \ 71 & 78 & 78 & 68 & 68 & 73 & 73 & 83 & 78 & 62 \end{array}$

A) 4
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5

Question

Provide an appropriate response.
-A convenience store owner believes that the median number of newspapers sold per day is 73 . A random sample of 20 days yields the data below. Find the critical value to test the owner's hypothesis.
Use $\alpha = 0.05$.
$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l } 56 & 72 & 83 & 88 & 55 & 79 & 94 & 51 & 57 & 62 \ 71 & 78 & 78 & 68 & 68 & 73 & 73 & 83 & 78 & 62 \end{array}$

A) 4
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The critical value for a two-tailed test with $\alpha = 0.05$ and a sample size of 20 is 2.