A manager at a temp agency believes that one of the agency's recruiters has unorthodox methods and claims that the wages the recruiter secures for its temps differ from the agency's average wage of $12 per hour.The agency takes a random sample of 49 recent contracts the recruiter secured and finds an average wage of $11.25 per hour and a standard deviation of $2.25 per hour.Does the evidence support the agency's claim at the 5% significance level?
A) Yes,because the p-value is greater than α,the claim is supported.
B) No,because the p-value is not greater than α,the claim is not supported.
C) Yes,because the value of the test statistic is less than the critical value,the claim is supported.
D) No,because the value of the test statistic is greater than the critical value,the claim is not supported.

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The Answer of A manager at a temp agency believes that one of the agency's recruiters has unorthodox methods and claims that the wages the recruiter secures for its temps differ from the agency's average wage of $12 per hour.The agency takes a random sample of 49 recent contracts the recruiter secured and finds an average wage of $11.25 per hour and a standard deviation of $2.25 per hour.Does the evidence support the agency's claim at the 5% significance level?
A) Yes,because the p-value is greater than α,the claim is supported.
B) No,because the p-value is not greater than α,the claim is not supported.
C) Yes,because the value of the test statistic is less than the critical value,the claim is supported.
D) No,because the value of the test statistic is greater than the critical value,the claim is not supported.

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