\n IBM Inc. is going to award a contract for fine-line pens to be used nationally in its offices.\n <\/p>\n
\n Two suppliers, Bic and Pilot, have submitted bids. To determine the preference of office\n <\/p>\n
\n employees, brokers, and others, a personal preference test is to be conducted using a\n <\/p>\n
\n randomly selected sample of 20 employees. The .05 level of significance is to be used.\n <\/p>\n
\n a. If the alternate hypothesis states that Bic is preferred over Pilot, is the sign test to be\n <\/p>\n
\n conducted as a one-tailed or a two-tailed test? Explain.\n <\/p>\n
\n b. As each of the sample members told the researchers his or her preference, a “” was\n <\/p>\n
\n recorded if it was Bic and a “” if it was the Pilot fine-line pen. A count of the pluses\n <\/p>\n
\n revealed that 12 employees preferred Bic, 5 preferred Pilot, and 3 were undecided.\n <\/p>\n
\n What is n?\n <\/p>\n
\n c. What is the decision rule in words?\n <\/p>\n
\n d. What conclusion did you reach regarding pen preference? Explain.\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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