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Your friend claims that his mean golf score is $63 .$ You want to show that it is higher than that. What type of test would you use?
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Specifically, you would use a one-sample t-test. Here's how you would set up the hypothesis test: Null hypothesis ($H_0$): The mean golf score is equal to $63$. Alternative hypothesis ($H_1$): The mean golf score is greater than $63$. Show more…
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