The annual swim contest will be held. Before the race, a random sample of the current velocity is obtained and the resulting information is used to determine whether the race should be canceled. A mean current velocity, µ, of more than 0.65 knots is considered unsafe.

a. State the null and alternative hypothesis.

b. Describe the type I and type II errors in the context.

c. Which error is more serious for the swimmers? Why?

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a H o 065 H a 065 Where Ho denotes null hypothesis and H 0 denotes alter... View the full answer