Question: The employment and Training Administration reported the US mean unemployment insurance benefit of $238 per week. A researcher in the state of Virginia anticipated that sample data would show evidence that the mean weekly unemployment insurance benefit in Virginia was below the national level.

1. Develop appropriate hypotheses such that rejection of H _o will support the researcher’s contention.
2. For a sample of 100 individuals, the sample mean weekly unemployment insurance benefit was $231 with a sample standard deviation of $80. What is the p-value?
3. At a =.05, what is your conclusion?
4. Repeat the preceding hypothesis test using the critical value approach.

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