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Description: A consumer advocacy group is doing a large study on car rental practices. Among other things, the consumer group would like to do a statistical test regarding the mean monthly mileage, μ, of cars rented in the U.S. this year. The consumer group has r

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A consumer advocacy group is doing a large study on car rental practices. Among other things, the consumer group would like to do a statistical test regarding the mean monthly mileage, μ, of cars rented in the U.S. this year. The consumer group has reason to beeline that the mean monthly mileage of cars rented in the U.S. this year is greater than last years mean, which was 2750 miles. This group plans to do a statistical test regarding the value of μ. It chooses random sample of monthly mileages and computed the mean of the sample to be 2850 miles and the standard deviation to be 850 miles. Based on the information below, answer the questions.

What are the null hypothesis (H,) and the alternative hypothesis (H,) that should be used for the test?
H p is ?
H u is ?
In the context of this test, what is a Type II error?
A Type II error is ?
v the hypothesis that u is ?
vwhen,
in fact, u is ?
Suppose that the group decides to reject the null hypothesis. What sort of error might it be making?

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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