Chapter 09 Section 92 Problem 030 Reject the null hypotheses
Chapter 09, Section 9.2, Problem 030
Reject the null hypotheses
OR
DO NOT Rejec the null hypotheses
Solution
Formulating the null and alternative hypotheses,
Ho: u = 100
Ha: u =/ 100
As we can see, this is a two tailed test.
Thus, getting the critical z, as alpha = 0.025 ,
alpha/2 = 0.0125
zcrit = +/- 2.241402728
Getting the test statistic, as
X = sample mean = 90
uo = hypothesized mean = 100
n = sample size = 60
s = standard deviation = 11
Thus, z = (X - uo) * sqrt(n) / s = -7.041787902
Also, the p value is
p = 1.89789*10^-12
As |z| > 2.2414, and P < 0.025, we REJECT THE NULL HYPOTHESIS. [ANSWER]
