kind of test

[sks2013]

What kind of test is being used for the following hypothesis and what would a z-statistic of 1.68 tell us about a hypothesis with the appropriate test and a level of significance of 5%, respectively?
H0: B ≤ 0
HA: B > 0
A)
One-tailed test; fail to reject the null.
B)
One-tailed test; reject the null.
C)
Two-tailed test; fail to reject the null.

 

[S2000magician]

Let’s see if I can get this one right for once.
It’s a one-tail test (you reject H0 only if the test statistic is too high, not if it is too low), so the entire 5% is in the right tail. The critical z-value for 5% in the right tail is 1.645. As 1.68 > 1.645, reject H0 in favor of Ha.

 

[sks2013]

absolute right.

 

[S2000magician]

Whew!