The dean of a major university claims that the mean number of hours students study at her University (per day) is at most 3.4 hours. If a hypothesis test is performed, how should you interpret a decision that fails to reject the null hypothesis?
A) There is sufficient evidence to reject the claim ? ? 3.4.
B) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim ? ? 3.4.
C) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim ? ? 3.4.
D) There is not sufficient evidence to reject the claim ? ? 3.4.

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Failing to reject the null hypothesis means there isn't enough evidence to support a conclusion contrary to it, thus not enough evidence to reject the claim that the mean study hours per day is at most 3.4 hours.

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