A college student is interested in testing whether business majors or liberal arts majors are better at trivia. The student gives a trivia quiz to a random sample of 30 business majors and finds the sample’s average score is 86. He gives the same quiz to 30 randomly selected liberal arts majors and finds the sample’s average score is 89. What is the alternative hypothesis of this test?
1. μBusiness>μLiberal Arts
2. μBusiness=μLiberal Arts
3. μBusiness≠μLiberal Arts
4. μBusiness<μLiberal Arts
A college student is interested in testing whether business majors or liberal arts majors are better at trivia.
We can use this sentence from given question.
Therefore, It is two tailed alternative hypothesis.
3. μBusiness≠μLiberal Arts
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