Question: A consumer believes that a certain potato chip maker is putting fewer chips in their regular bags of chips than the advertised amount of 12

A consumer believes that a certain potato chip maker is putting fewer chips in their regular bags of chips than the advertised amount of 12 ounces. In order to test the null hypothesis that the average chip weight is 12 ounces per bag vs. the alternative hypothesis that the average chip weight is less than 12 ounces per bag, a random sample of 34 bags were selected. The resulting data produced ap- value of 0.073

At a 5% level of significance, should the null hypothesis be rejected?

At a 10% level of significance, should the null hypothesis be rejected?

2. In a statistical test of hypotheses, saying that ''the evidence is statistically significant at the .05 level'' means

A.thep- value is at least .05.

B.thep- value is less than .05.

C.=.10

D.is more than .25.

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