1- Choose the relevant hypotheses. Ho: H: 2- Compute the test statistic. (Note that; za means z, or ta(df) 3- What is the decision rule for the test. means t,(df))

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The security department of a factory wants to know whether or not the true average time required by the night watchman to walk his
round is 25 minutes. If in a random sample of 42 rounds, the night watchman averaged 25.6 minutes with a standard deviation of 1.5
minutes, determine at the 0.01 level of significance whether this is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis.
Answer the following questions according to the text above.
1- Choose the relevant hypotheses.
Ho:
H:
2- Compute the test statistic.
(Note that; za means z, or ta(df)
3- What is the decision rule for the test.
means t,(df) )
4- State your decision and conclusion.
5- Calculate the p-value for the test.
Transcribed Image Text:The security department of a factory wants to know whether or not the true average time required by the night watchman to walk his round is 25 minutes. If in a random sample of 42 rounds, the night watchman averaged 25.6 minutes with a standard deviation of 1.5 minutes, determine at the 0.01 level of significance whether this is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Answer the following questions according to the text above. 1- Choose the relevant hypotheses. Ho: H: 2- Compute the test statistic. (Note that; za means z, or ta(df) 3- What is the decision rule for the test. means t,(df) ) 4- State your decision and conclusion. 5- Calculate the p-value for the test.
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