1.

A trading magazine wants to know if a seminar on self-confidence helps stockbrokers

to obtain new clients. Before and after the self-confidence seminar, 14 stockbrokers
rated their self-confidence as low, neutral, or high. In comparing the before and after
rankings, there was one plus sign and 13 negative signs for the sign test.  the sign
test
a. Specify the competing hypotheses to determine if there are differences in self-
confidence before and after the seminar.
Answer :
H 0 : p=0.5
H A : p ≠ 0.5