4. A recent study stated that if a person smoked, the average of the number of cigarettes he or she smoked per day was 14. To test the claim, a researcher selected a random sample of 40 smokers and found that the mean number of cigarettes smoked per day was 18. The standard deviation was 6. At c= 0.05 (two tailed), is the number of cigarettes a person smokes per day actually equal to 14?

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4. A recent study stated that if a person smoked, the average of the number of cigarettes
he or she smoked per day was 14. To test the claim, a researcher selected a random
sample of 40 smokers and found that the mean number of cigarettes smoked per day
was 18. The standard deviation was 6. At x= 0.05 (two tailed) , is the number of
cigarettes a person smokes per day actually equal to 14?
Transcribed Image Text:4. A recent study stated that if a person smoked, the average of the number of cigarettes he or she smoked per day was 14. To test the claim, a researcher selected a random sample of 40 smokers and found that the mean number of cigarettes smoked per day was 18. The standard deviation was 6. At x= 0.05 (two tailed) , is the number of cigarettes a person smokes per day actually equal to 14?
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