Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.5 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 578: 14c

Answer

Since the consequences of concluding that people spend more when using a credit card when, in fact, it is not true are not severe, it would be legitimate to change the level to $α=0.05$

Work Step by Step

According to item (b), $t_0=2.247$ $t_α=t_{0.05}=1.833$ (According to Table VI, for d.f. = 9 and area in right tail = 0.05) Now, $t_0\gt t_α$ and we can reject the null hypothesis.
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