The average shelf life of a beverage was sought to be examined. Shelf lives (days) for 5 randomly selected samples are given below. Under the assumption that the data is distributed normally, if you want to test the hypothesis that the mean population is different from 105 days, what is the alternative hypothesis and test result at the "0.05" significance level?   dATA 85 90 95 100 105 a. Ha: µ ≠ 105 and Ho cannot be denied. b. Ha: µ ≠ 105 and Ho are rejected. c. Ha: µ = 105 and Ho is rejected. D. Ha: µ = 105 and Ho cannot be denied.

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...