The Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) is a psychological test that mea

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The Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) is a psychological test that measures the motivation, attitude, and study habits of college students. Scores range from 0 to 200 and follow (approximately) a Normal distribution with mean of 115 and standard deviation of 25. You suspect that incoming freshman have a mean which is different than 115, because they are often excited yet anxious about entering college. To test your suspicion, you test the following hypotheses:
Ho: = 115 Ha: 115.
In testing these hypotheses, which of the following would be strong evidence against the null hypothesis?

A. using a small level of significance

B. using a large level of significance

C. obtaining data with a small p-value

D. obtaining data with a large p-value

Explanation / Answer

We can get strong evidence against null hypothesis if we will be using a large level of signifiance.

Hence,

Option B is correct.

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