You are interested in determining if the average amount of time (in hours)that students spend on the Internet per day is greater than 2 hours.The data below are from a random sample of 11 students. The alternative hypothesis for this problem is ______.
A)one sided
B)two sided
C)three sided
D)four sided

Question

You are interested in determining if the average amount of time (in hours)that students spend on the Internet per day is greater than 2 hours.The data below are from a random sample of 11 students.  The alternative hypothesis for this problem is ______.
A)one sided 
B)two sided 
C)three sided 
D)four sided

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The alternative hypothesis for this problem is one sided, since we are only interested in determining if the average amount of time spent on the Internet per day is greater than 2 hours, not whether it is significantly different from 2 hours.

You Are Interested in Determining If the Average Amount of Time