1.Respond to the following questions in accordance with characteristics of hypothesis testing. a.If you want to see if the average gestational length among African American women is different from the national average of 39 weeks, how would you set up the null and two-sided alternative hypotheses? b.If you want to see if the average gestational length among African American women is less than the national average of 39 weeks, how would you set up the null and one-sided alternative hypotheses? c.In other words, what is a P-value? d.If α is 0.10 and you find a P-value of 0.08 in your hypothesis test, what would you conclude? e.How do you calculate the standard error of ?̅?

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1.Respond to the following questions in accordance with characteristics of hypothesis testing.


a.If you want to see if the average gestational length among African American women is different from the national average of 39 weeks, how would you set up the null and two-sided alternative hypotheses?


b.If you want to see if the average gestational length among African American women is less than the national average of 39 weeks, how would you set up the null and one-sided alternative hypotheses?


c.In other words, what is a P-value?


d.If α is 0.10 and you find a P-value of 0.08 in your hypothesis test, what would you conclude?


e.How do you calculate the standard error of ?̅?

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