The mean gross annual incomes of certified tack welders are normally distributed with the mean of $50,000 and a standard deviation of $4,000. The ship building association wishes to find out whether their tack welders earn more or less than $50,000 annually. The alternate hypothesis is that the mean is not $50,000. If the level of significance is 0.10, what is the critical value?
A) 1.65
B) 2.58
C) 1.28
D) $\pm$1.28
E) $\pm$1.645

Question

The mean gross annual incomes of certified tack welders are normally distributed with the mean of $50,000 and a standard deviation of $4,000. The ship building association wishes to find out whether their tack welders earn more or less than $50,000 annually. The alternate hypothesis is that the mean is not $50,000. If the level of significance is 0.10, what is the critical value?
A) 1.65
B) 2.58
C) 1.28
D)  $\pm$1.28
E)  $\pm$1.645

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The critical value for a two-tailed test at a 0.10 significance level is ±1.645.

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