If a teacher is trying to prove that "new" math is more effective than traditional math, he/she will:
a) Conduct a one-tailed hypothesis test.
b) Conduct a two-tailed hypothesis test.
c) Calculate the point estimate of the population parameter.
d) Build a confidence interval.
e) None of the above.
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When using a one-tailed test, you are testing for the possibility of the relationship in one direction and completely disregarding the possibility of a relationship in the other direction. Let’s return to our example comparing the mean of a sample to a given value x using a t-test. Our null hypothesis is that the mean is equal to x. A one-tailed test will test either if the mean is significantly greater than x or if the mean is significantly less than x, but not both.
in this question,
we are testing the hypothesis
Ho: New math is more effective than traditional math
H1: New math is equally or less effective than traditional math
so, here she will conduct one-tailed hypothesis test
If a teacher is trying to prove that "new" math is more effective than traditional math, he/she will:
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