Test the claim that the mean weight of columbia river


Assume that the weights of salmon in the Columbia River are normally distributed. You randomly catch and weigh 20 salmon. The mean weight from your sample is x ¯ = 25.2 pounds with a standard deviation of s = 4.5 pounds. Test the claim that the mean weight of Columbia River salmon is greater than 23 pounds. Use a α = 0.10 significance level. 

Question: What hypothesis test should you use for this problem?

1. Mean-1 Sample 

2. Mean-2 Samples, Dependent 

3. Mean-2 Samples, Independent

4. Proportion-1 Sample 

5. Proportion-2 Samples

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