SCENARIO 10-15
the Table Below Presents the Summary Statistics for the Starting

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 10-15
The table below presents the summary statistics for the starting annual salaries (in thousands of dollars) for individuals entering the public accounting and financial planning professions.
Sample I (public accounting) :

Test whether the mean starting annual salaries for individuals entering the public accounting professions is higher than that of financial planning assuming that the two population variances are the same.
-Referring to Scenario 10-15,which of the following represents the relevant hypotheses tested?

A) H₀ : $\mu$ ₁ - $\mu$ ₂ $\ge$ 0 versus H₁ : $\mu$ ₁ - $\mu$ ₂ $\lt$ 0
B) H₀ : $\mu$ ₁ - $\mu$ ₂ $\le$ 0 versus H₁ : $\mu$ ₁ - $\mu$ ₂ $\gt$ 0
C) H₀ : $\mu$ ₁ - $\mu$ ₂ = 0 versus H₁ : $\mu$ ₁ - $\mu$ ₂ $\neq$ 0
D) H₀ : $\mu$ ₁ - $\mu$ ₂ $\neq$ 0 versus H₁ : $\mu$ ₁ - $\mu$ ₂ = 0