The mean entry level salary of an employee at a company is $58,000. You believe it is higher for IT professionals in the company. State the null and alternative hypotheses.

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H0:μ=58,000 is the null hypothesis and

Ha:μ>58,000is an alternate hypothesis.

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01

Introduction

A hypothesis is a solution for a phenomenon that has been proposed. The average starting wage for a firm employee is $58,000. It is higher in the company for IT specialists.

The scientific process requires that a hypothesis be tested before it will be termed a scientific hypothesis. Technical hypotheses are frequently based on evidence from the past that can't be explained by modern scientific theory.

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Explanation

We're establishing whether an employee's average entry-level compensation is greater than $58,000.

As a result, the hypothesis of null is as follows:

H0: An employee's average entry-level wage in a company is $58,000.

The hypothesis of alternative is the null hypothesis states that no difference exists between sample means or proportions, or between a sample mean or proportions and a population mean or percentage.

Ha: An employee's usual entry-level wage is greater than $58,000.The alternative hypothesis: It's the population claim that contradicts Ho, and it's what we come to after we reject Ho.

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Conclusion 

the null and alternative hypotheses for the given data:

H0:μ=58,000

Ha:μ>58,000

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