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Chapter 12: One-sample Mean Tests an Introduction to the t-distribution What we have done so far: Compared one sample mean to known population ( Assumed (2 (and () were known exactly In reality, (2 is rarely known! What do we do then? Must use s2, our unbiased estimate of (2 Can’t use z-statistic, need to use t-statistic Research Problem: Do incoming students experience more or less stress than sophomores? 16 randomly selected Miami students filled out a standard “stress” scale. Through years of testing, we know that sophomores score (on average) 26 on this test (out o