Determining hypothesis test for one sample mean


For 1996, U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated that American consumers would've eaten, on average, 2.6 pounds of cottage cheese during the course of that year. Based upon longitudinal study of 98 randomly selected people conducted throughout 1996, the National Center for Cottage Cheese Studies found average cottage cheese consumption of 2.75 pounds and standard deviation of = 14 ounces. Given this information, which of following statements would be correct concerning the twotail test at the 0.05 level of significance?

A. We can conclude that average cottage cheese consumption in America is at least 0.705 pound more or less than 2.75 pounds per person for each year.

B. We can conclude that we cannot reject the claim that average cottage cheese consumption in America is 2.6 pounds per person for each year.

C. We can conclude that the average cottage cheese consumption in America is not 2.6 pounds per person for each year.

D. We can conclude that average cottage cheese consumption in America is actually 2.75 pounds per person for each year.

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