The dean of a business school claims that the average starting salary of its graduates is more than $50,000. It is known that the population standard deviation is $10,000. Sample data on the starting salaries of 36 randomly selected recent graduates yielded a mean of $52,000. What is the value of the sample test statistic?
A) z = 1.2
B) t = 7.2
C) t = 0.12
D) t = 1.22

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The sample test statistic is calculated using the formula for a z-test because the population standard deviation is known. The formula is $z = \frac{\bar{x} - \mu}{\sigma/\sqrt{n}}$, where $\bar{x}$ is the sample mean, $\mu$ is the population mean, $\sigma$ is the population standard deviation, and $n$ is the sample size. Plugging in the given values: $z = \frac{52000 - 50000}{10000/\sqrt{36}} = \frac{2000}{1666.67} = 1.2$.

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