Does the evidence contradict the vice-president-s claim

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A vice-president for a large corporation claims that salesmen are averaging no more than 15 sales contacts per week. (She would like to increase this figure) As check on her claim, 36 salesmen are selected at random, and the number of contacts is recorded for a single randomly selected week. The sample reveals a mean of 17 contacts and a variance of 9. Does the evidence contradict the vice-president's claim? Use a = 0.50.

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