Consider the following hypothesis test H0 mu 45 Ha mu Soluti
Solution
a)
Formulating the null and alternative hypotheses,
Ho: u >= 45
Ha: u < 45
As we can see, this is a left tailed test.
Thus, getting the critical z, as alpha = 0.01 ,
alpha = 0.01
zcrit = - 2.326347874
Getting the test statistic, as
X = sample mean = 44
uo = hypothesized mean = 45
n = sample size = 36
s = standard deviation = 5.2
Thus, z = (X - uo) * sqrt(n) / s = -1.153846154
Also, the p value is
p = 0.124281624 [ANSWER, P VALUE]
As P > 0.01, we FAIL TO REJECT THE NULL HYPOTHESIS.
Conclusion: u >= 45. [ANSWER]
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b)
Formulating the null and alternative hypotheses,
Ho: u >= 45
Ha: u < 45
As we can see, this is a left tailed test.
Thus, getting the critical z, as alpha = 0.01 ,
alpha = 0.01
zcrit = - 2.326347874
Getting the test statistic, as
X = sample mean = 43
uo = hypothesized mean = 45
n = sample size = 36
s = standard deviation = 4.6
Thus, z = (X - uo) * sqrt(n) / s = -2.608695652
Also, the p value is
p = 0.004544402
As P < 0.01, we REJECT THE NULL HYPOTHESIS.
Conclusion: u < 45. [ANSWER]
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c)
Formulating the null and alternative hypotheses,
Ho: u >= 45
Ha: u < 45
As we can see, this is a left tailed test.
Thus, getting the critical z, as alpha = 0.01 ,
alpha = 0.01
zcrit = - 2.326347874
Getting the test statistic, as
X = sample mean = 46
uo = hypothesized mean = 45
n = sample size = 36
s = standard deviation = 5
Thus, z = (X - uo) * sqrt(n) / s = 1.2
Also, the p value is
p = 0.11506967
As P > 0.01, we FAIL TO REJECT THE NULL HYPOTHESIS.
Conclusion: u >= 45. [ANSWER]

