A Transect Is an Archaeological Study Area That Is Mile $\frac { 1 } { 5 }$

Multiple Choice

A transect is an archaeological study area that is mile wide and 1 mile long. A site in a transect is the location of a significant archaeological find. Let x represent the number of sites per transect. In a section of Chaco Canyon, a large number of transects showed that x has a population variance In a different section of Chaco Canyon, a random sample of 24 transects gave a sample variance for the number of sites per transect. Use an to test the claim that the variance in the new section is greater than 40.7. $\frac { 1 } { 5 }$ $\sigma ^ { 2 } = 40.7$ $s ^ { 2 } = 56.3$ $\alpha = 0.01$ Find (or estimate) the P-value of the sample test statistic.

A) 0.01 < P-Value < 0.05
B) 0.25 < P-Value < 0.5
C) 0.05 < P-Value < 0.1
D) 0.005 < P-Value < 0.01
E) 0.1 < P-Value < 0.25