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Assume that the paired data came from a population that is normally distributed. Using a 0.05 significance level, find d, sd, the test statistic, and the critical values to test the claim that ud = 0.

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Null Hypothesis (Ho): ud = 0
Alternative Hypothesis (Ha): ud ? 0
Level of significance = 0.05
Critical values at n-2 = 8-1 degree of freedom with 0.025 ...

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