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H0 : 220 H1 : < 220 A sample of 64 observations is selected from a normal popula

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Question

H0 : 220 H1 : < 220 A sample of 64 observations is selected from a normal population. The sample mean is 215, and the population standard deviation is 15. Conduct the following test of hypothesis using the .025 significance level. a. Is this a one- or two-tailed test? Two-tailed test One-tailed test b. What is the decision rule? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) (Click to select)Do not rejectReject H0 when z < c. What is the value of the test statistic? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.) Value of the test statistic d. What is your decision regarding H0? Reject Do not reject e. What is the p-value? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.) p-value

Explanation / Answer

a)

Formulating the null and alternative hypotheses,              
              
Ho:   u   >=   220  
Ha:    u   <   220  
              
As we can see, this is a    left   tailed test.      
Hence, it is ONE TAILED. [ANSWER]

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b)
              
Thus, getting the critical z, as alpha =    0.025   ,      
alpha =    0.025          
zcrit =    -   1.959963985      

Hence, Reject Ho when z < -1.96. [ANSWER]

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c)
              
Getting the test statistic, as              
              
X = sample mean =    215          
uo = hypothesized mean =    220          
n = sample size =    64          
s = standard deviation =    15          
              
Thus, z = (X - uo) * sqrt(n) / s =    -2.666666667 [ANSWER]

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d)          

As z < -1.96, we REJECT HO. [ANSWER]

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e)

As this is one tailed, the p value is              
              
p =    0.003830381   [ANSWER]

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