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Z-test Q1. Short state A country has a  population   average  height of  65  inches with a  standard deviation  of  2.5 . A person feels people from his state are shorter. He takes the  average  of  20  people and sees that it is  64.5. At a  5%  significance level (or 95% confidence level), can we conclude that people from his state are shorter, using the Z-test? What is the p-value? A.      p-value = 0.186, and hence people from the state are shorter B.      p-value = 0.815, and hence people from the state are shorter C.      p-value = 0.186, and hence people from the state are not shorter D.      p-value = 0.815, and hence people from the state are not shorter   Correct Answer:  p-value = 0.186, and hence people from the state are not shorter Explanation: # Null Hypothesis (H0): People from the pe...