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Resource: Ch. 9 of Applied Statistics in Business and Economics Prepare answers to the following assignments:

Chapter Exercises 9.55 A U.S. dime is supposed to weigh 2.268 grams. A random sample of 15 circulated dimes showed a mean weight of 2.256 grams with a standard deviation of .026 grams. (a) Using = .05, is the mean weight of all circulated dimes lower than the specification? State your hypotheses and decision rule. Ho: u = 2.268 Ha: u < 2.268 ---------------If the test statistic is less than -1.645, reject Ho. (b) Why might circulated dimes weigh less than the mint specification? Because of wear and tear on the coins. (See Science News 157, no. 14 [April 1, 2000], p. 216.) Chapter Exercises 9.60 Ages for the 2005 Boston Red Sox pitchers are shown below. (a) Assuming this is a random sample of major league pitchers, at the 5 percent level of significance does this sample show that the true mean age of all American League pitchers is over 30 years? State your hypotheses and decision rule and show all work. 1st: Find the mean value of the sample (xbar); note the standard deviation (s). 2nd : Find the Critical value for "t" when df = n-2 and alpha = 5% 3rd: Find the test statistic using t(xbar) = (xbar-30)/[s/sqrt(n)] 4th: Find the p-value = P(t > t(xbar) when df= n-1) 1. mean = 33.91667 1. stdev = 4.37884 H0: mean = 30 Ha: mean > 30 2. The critical T value with one tail, df = n-1 = 11 is: 1.7959. 3. Get the test statistic: t = (33.91667-30)/( 4.37884/sqrt(12))t = 3.0985 4. P Value Results t=3.0985 DF=11 The two-tailed P value equals 0.0101 By conventional criteria, this difference is considered to be statistically significant.

(b) If there is a difference, is it important? A slight difference but not important. Since p-value > 5%, Fail to reject Ho Average age is statistically 30. (c) Find the p-value and interpret it. (Data are from http://boston.redsox.mlb.com.) p-value = 1 means 100% of test results would give stronger evidence for rejecting Ho. p-value = 0.457 There is a 45.7% probability that test results could result in stronger evidence to reject Ho. p value is: 0.0051 Since this is well below the 0.05 significance level, we reject the null hypothesis. The result is significant, and the mean is above 30.

Individual Quiz Learning Team One Sample Hypothesis Testing Paper

Prepare to take a quiz on topics covered in previous weeks. Use the ratio or interval numerical data from one of the data sets available through the Data Sets link on your student website. Develop one research question from which you will formulate a research hypothesis. Prepare a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper describing the results of a hypothesis test of one population mean or population proportion. Include the following in your paper: Formulate both a numerical and verbal hypothesis statement regarding your research issue. Perform the five-step hypothesis test on data pertaining to your selection. Describe the results of your test and explain how the findings from this hypothesis testing may be used to answer your research question.

Include your raw data tables and the results of the computations of your z-test or t-test using graphical and tabular methods of displaying data and results. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Step 1: state your hypotheses

Verbally, the null hypothesis is that the mean number for "ATM" is 10 The alternative hypothesis is that the mean does not equal 10 Numerically, this hypothesis is: H0: mu = 10 HA: mu <> 10 Step 2: set the alpha level Because I want to be fairly certain of not making a type 1 error, I set alpha at 0.05. Because it's a two-tailed test, half the rejection region will be at the top and half at the bottom tail of the distribution. Step 3: find the critical values and rejection regions. I'll use a z-test for means because the sample size is large (greater than 30) The critical value of z at 0.05 two-tailed is 1.96, using a standard t-table. If z < -1.96 or z > 1.96, then I'll have sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Step 4: Calculate the test statistic I started by calculating the sample mean and standard deviation. Mean: 10.3 StDev: 4.30 Then I calculated the z score z = (xbar - )/(/n) z = (10.3 - 10 )/(4.3/60) z = 0.3 / (4.3/7.746) z = 0.5404 Step 5: Interpret the result Because -1.96 < z < 1.96, there is insufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis. The mean is 10. In other words, the assumption I was working with was correct.

I was asked to develop a numerical and verbal hypothesis statement and I have but cannot work it. Can someone help me? Here is the hypothesis statement. 1. as part of a study of blue collard citizens, the Director of Human Resources for Whitner Autoplex Car Sales wants to compare the amount of older blue collard citizens purchasing expensive vehicles from Whitner Autoplex, verses those younger in age, purchasing inexpensive vehicles. A sample of 17 citizens over the age of 50 purchased expensive vehicles, with the mean being 35.925 and with the standard deviation of 80 vehicles sold per month. A sample of 64 citizens under the age of 50 purchased inexpensive vehicles, with the mean being 15.546 and the standard deviation of 70 vehicles sold per month. ============================================================== At the .05 significance level, is there a difference in the mean number of older citizens, verses the younger citizens, purchasing vehicles at a high rate? The company will use the five-step hypothesis procedure to show the general manager the outcome of sales. --------------Ho: u(old)-u(young) = 0 Ha: u(old)-u(young) is not equal to zero --------------------------------------------I ran a 2-SampleT test and got the following data: --test stat: t = 0.9575 p-value = 0.3483 df = 22.93 -----Conclusion: Since the p-value is greater than 5%, fail to reject Ho. The test does not support the equality of buying of old and young groups.
Numerical: H0: (College) = (HighSchool) Ha: (College) > (HighSchool) Verbal: The null hypothesis is that a college degree supplies a wage that is not significantly better that of a person without a degree. The alternative is that a college education gives a substantial, measurable, undeniable improvement.

P value and statistical significance: The two-tailed P value equals 0.0826 By conventional criteria, this difference is considered to be not quite statistically significant. Confidence interval: The hypothetical mean is 0.00000 The actual mean is 35.92500

The difference between these two values is 35.92500 The 95% confidence interval of this difference: From -5.20718 to 77.05718 Intermediate values used in calculations: t = 1.8515 df = 16 standard error of difference = 19.403
De los 17 que pasan los 50 anos

Mean 53.35 SD 2.50 SEM 0.61 N 17 90% CI 52.29 to 54.41 95% CI 52.07 to 54.64 99% CI 51.58 to 55.12 Minimum 50 Median 53 Maximum 58