The Football Coach at State University Wishes to Determine If $\alpha = 0.02$

Multiple Choice

The football coach at State University wishes to determine if there is a decrease in offensi production between the first half and the second half of his team's recent games. The tabli shows the first-half and second-half offensive production (measured in total yards gained for the past six games.


State a conclusion using the $\alpha = 0.02$ level of significance,

A) Reject $H _ { 0 }$ . The mean offensive production appears to decrease from the first half to the second half.
B) Do not reject $H _ { 0 }$ . There is insufficient evidence to conclude that the mean offensive production decreases from the first to the second half.