A Fast Food Restaurant That Sells Burritos Is Concerned About

Multiple Choice

A fast food restaurant that sells burritos is concerned about the variability in the amount of filling that different employees place in the burritos. To achieve product consistency it needs this variability to be no more than 1.7 ounces. A sample of n = 18 burritos showed a sample variance of 2.89 ounces. Using a 0.10 level of significance, what can you conclude?

A) The standards are being met since (test statistic) < (critical value) .
B) The standards are not being met since (test statistic) > (critical value) .
C) The standards are being met since (test statistic) > (critical value) .
D) The standards are not being met since (test statistic) < (critical value) .