A researcher wants to select a sample from a population with a mean (µ)= 60 and administer a treatment to individuals in the sample. He thinks the treatment will help improve scores.             a.  State the hypotheses for a one-tailed test.            b. For a one-tailed test, would the critical region be located in the positive or right-hand tail of the distribution, or in the negative or left-hand tail of the distribution?

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A researcher wants to select a sample from a population with a mean (µ)= 60 and administer a treatment to individuals in the sample. He thinks the treatment will help improve scores. 

           a.  State the hypotheses for a one-tailed test.

           b. For a one-tailed test, would the critical region be located in the positive or right-hand tail of the distribution, or in the negative or left-hand tail of the distribution?

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