Set up the criteria for making a decision

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A psychologist is interested in knowing whether adults who were bullied as children differ from the general population in terms of their empathy for others. On a questionnaire designed to measure empathy, the mean score for the general population is 30.6. Random sampling of 25 scores obtained from individuals who were bullied yielded a sample mean of 39.5 and a sample standard deviation of 6.6.

Test at the .05 level of significance.

Set up the criteria for making a decision. That is, find the critical value using an alpha = .05. (Make sure you are sign specific: + ; - ; or ± ) (Use your tables)

A. -1.645

B. ±1.645

C. ±2.756

D. 2.064

E. ±2.064

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