statistics: please answer

Question

Imagine that I want to compare the intelligence level of psychology majors to the intelligence level of the general population of college students. I predict that psychology majors will have higher IQ scores. Is this a one- or two-tailed test? Identify H0 and Ha.

Answer 1

This will be a one-sided test.

H₀: psychology majors will have lower IQ scores than the general population of college students.

H_A: psychology majors will have higher IQ scores than the general population of college students.

The alternative hypothesis is the claim that can be found in the given scenario.