A business school dean believes that the number of courses successfully complete
ID: 3154292 • Letter: A
Question
A business school dean believes that the number of courses successfully completed in an academic year are the same for management, marketing and finance majors. In a recent year, the number of courses successfully completed were:
Management
Marketing
Finance
12
8
10
10
8
8
10
6
6
12
8
8
10
10
10
At alpha = 0.05 significance level, is there evidence to suggest that the number of courses successfully completed by management, marketing and finance majors are different? True or false: the p-value is p = 0.0179
Management
Marketing
Finance
12
8
10
10
8
8
10
6
6
12
8
8
10
10
10
Explanation / Answer
Since the P value is 0.0179 which is less than alpha=0.05, thus reject the null hypothesis.
So, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the number of courses successfully completed by management, marketing and finance majors are different. TRUE.