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A Verizon researcher compared the number of text messages sent by a sample of teenage boys to the population mean for all Verizon users. She found no evidence to conclude that there was a difference. Unfortunately, her conclusion was in

A Verizon researcher compared the number of text messages sent by a sample of teenage boys to the population mean for all Verizon users. She found no evidence to conclude that there was a difference. Unfortunately, her conclusion was in error.

(a) What type of error did she make?

(b) What conclusion should she have reached?

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Chapter # 6
Section: Exercises
Problem: 96
Posted Date: September 05, 2018 12:54:15
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