A random sample of 10 healthy people showed the following body temperatures (in
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Question
A random sample of 10 healthy people showed the following body temperatures (in degrees Celsius):
36.9 36.5 37.2 35.8 36.9 36.9 36.4 37.5 37.2 36.3
Assume that body temperatures for healthy people are Normal. Test the hypothesis that the population mean is not 37. Use a significance level of 0.05.
A. Find the test statistic.
t= _______ (Round to two decimal places as needed).
Find the p-value.
p-value= _______ (Round to three decimal places as needed).
36.9 36.5 37.2 35.8 36.9 36.9 36.4 37.5 37.2 36.3
Explanation / Answer
The statistical software output for this problem is:
One sample T hypothesis test:
: Mean of variable
H0 : = 37
HA : 37
Hypothesis test results:
Hence,
A) -1.494
b) 0.170
Variable Sample Mean Std. Err. DF T-Stat P-value var13 36.76 0.16069294 9 -1.4935317 0.1695Related Questions
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