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In efforts at investigating the cotinine levels of smokers, 40 smokers were surveyed who illustrated a mean level of cotinine concentration of 172.5 mg/ml. In this case the population standard deviation s is given as 119.5 mg/ml. ( 44 points )
Employ a 0.01 significance level in order to test the claim that the mean cotinine level of all smokers is 200.0 mg/ml.
Find the associated CI for (2)(a) above.
Find the probability from the P-value for (2)(a) above.
Employ a 0.05 significance level in order to test the claim that the mean cotinine level of all smokers is 152 mg/ml.
Find the associated CI for (2)(d) above.
Find the probability from the P-value for (2)(d) above.
Solution
a)
Formulating the null and alternative hypotheses,
Ho: u = 200
Ha: u =/ 200
As we can see, this is a two tailed test.
Thus, getting the critical z, as alpha = 0.01 ,
alpha/2 = 0.005
zcrit = +/- 2.575829304
Getting the test statistic, as
X = sample mean = 172.5
uo = hypothesized mean = 200
n = sample size = 40
s = standard deviation = 119.5
Thus, z = (X - uo) * sqrt(n) / s = -1.455441601
Also, the p value is
p = 0.145547047
As |z| < 2.576, and P > 0.01, we FAIL TO REJECT THE NULL HYPOTHESIS.
Thus, there is no significant evidence that the mean cotinine level of all smokers is not 200.0 mg/ml. [CONCLUSION]
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b)
Note that
Margin of Error E = z(alpha/2) * s / sqrt(n)
Lower Bound = X - z(alpha/2) * s / sqrt(n)
Upper Bound = X + z(alpha/2) * s / sqrt(n)
where
alpha/2 = (1 - confidence level)/2 = 0.005
X = sample mean = 172.5
z(alpha/2) = critical z for the confidence interval = 2.575829304
s = sample standard deviation = 119.5
n = sample size = 40
Thus,
Margin of Error E = 48.66928759
Lower bound = 123.8307124
Upper bound = 221.1692876
Thus, the confidence interval is
( 123.8307124 , 221.1692876 ) [ANSWER]
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c)
As we said in part a,
p = 0.145547047 [ANSWER]
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