A businessman is considering investing in the small business. A random sample of 40 companies revealed that the mean was 5.4% of return and the standard deviation was 1.8%. Do the data support that the return is greater than 5% at a significance level α=0.02; 0.05; 0.06;0.08;0.09? Use P-value.

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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.3: Special Probability Density Functions
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A businessman is considering investing in the small business. A random sample of 40
companies revealed that the mean was 5.4% of return and the standard deviation was
1.8%. Do the data support that the return is greater than 5% at a significance level
α=0.02; 0.05; 0.06;0.08;0.09? Use P-value. 

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