Question 10 • Statistics
The claim is that the population mean temperature in southwest Virginia is lower than 62°F, so this belongs in the alternative hypothesis: Hₐ: μ < 62°F. The null hypothesis uses equality to the reference mean, H₀: μ = 62°F. The symbol μ is correct because the test concerns the population mean, not the sample mean x̄; therefore, choice B is correct.
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