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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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6.) The mean weight for bags of chips is believed to be 16oz. A researcher believes that the actual mean weight is significantly lower than this. The researcher measures the weights of a sample of 31 bags, and finds that the mean of the sample is 15oz, with a sample standard deviation of 4oz. For  = 0.01, determine if the researcher is correct.
a. State the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.
b. Is the test left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed?
c. Find the test value
d. Find the critical value or p value
e. Should you reject the null hypothesis?
f. Summarize the results

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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