A psychologist is studying the self image of smokers as measured by the self image SI score from a personality inventory She

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A psychologist is studying the self image of smokers as measured by the self image SI score from a personality inventory She would like to examine the mean SI score u for the population of all smokers Previously published studies have indicated that the mean SI score for the population of all smokers is 82 and that the standard deviation is 15 but the psychologist has good reason to believe that the value for the mean has decreased She plans to perform a statistical test She takes a random sample of SI scores for smokers and computes the sample mean to be 72 Based on this information complete the parts below a What are the null hypothesis Ho and the alternative hypothesis H that should be used for the test Ho H b Suppose that the psychologist decides not to reject the null hypothesis What sort of error might she be making Choose one c Suppose the true mean SI score for all smokers is 68 Fill in the blanks to describe a Type II error A Type II error would be Choose one the hypothesis that u is Choose one Choose one when in fact u is Choose one equal to 15 equal to 82 less than 15 less than 82 Check O N X XI OSO 0 0 Save For Later O Submit A

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