Chapter 10: Q.26 (page 597)
Calculate the test statistic and p-value.
Short Answer
The value of test statistics is and the p-value is
Chapter 10: Q.26 (page 597)
Calculate the test statistic and p-value.
The value of test statistics is and the p-value is
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Get started for freeUse the following information to answer the next exercises: Indicate if the hypothesis test is for
a. independent group means, population standard deviations, and/or variances known
b. independent group means, population standard deviations, and/or variances unknown
c. matched or paired samples
d. single mean
e. two proportions
f. single proportion
The average worker in Germany gets eight weeks of paid vacation.
Use the following informotion to answer the next 12 exercises: The U.S. Center for Disease Control reports that the mean life expectancy was 47.6 years for whites born in 1900 and 33.0 years for nonwhites. Suppose that you randomly survey death records for people born in 1900 in a certain county. Of the 124 whites, the mean life span was 45.3 years with a standard deviation of 12.7 years. Of the 82 nonwhites, the mean life span was 34.1 years with a standard deviation of 15.6 years. Conduct a hypothesis test to see if the mean life spans in the county were the same for whites and nonwhites.
Which distribution (normal or Student's t) would you use for this hypothesis test?
A new laundry detergent is tested on consumers. Of interest is the proportion of consumers who prefer the new brand
over the leading competitor. A study is done to test this.
Indicate if the hypothesis test is for
a. independent group means, population standard deviations, and/or variances known
b. independent group means, population standard deviations, and/or variances unknown
c. matched or paired samples
d. single mean
e. two proportions
f. single proportion
A study was conducted to investigate how effective a new diet was in lowering cholesterol. Results for the
randomly selected subjects are shown in the table. The differences have a normal distribution. Are the subjects’
cholesterol levels lower on average after the diet? Test at the level.
Subject | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
Before | 209 | 210 | 205 | 198 | 216 | 217 | 238 | 240 | 222 |
After | 199 | 207 | 189 | 209 | 217 | 202 | 211 | 223 | 201 |
Two samples are shown in Table . Both have normal distributions. The means for the two populations are thought to be the same. Is there a difference in the means? Test at the level of significance.
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