A recent publication states that the average closing cost for purchasing a new home is $7635. A real esta agent believes that the average closing cost is less than $7635. She selects 42 new home purchases and finds that the average closing costs are $7297. The population standard deviation of $447. Help her decio if she is correct by testing her claim at a=0.01. The correct hypotheses would be: Ho: µ < $7635 HA: µ > $7635 (claim) Ho: µ > $7635

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**Hypothesis Testing for Average Closing Costs**

A recent publication states that the average closing cost for purchasing a new home is $7635. A real estate agent believes that the average closing cost is less than $7635. She selects 42 new home purchases and finds that the average closing costs are $7297. The population standard deviation is $447. Help her decide if she is correct by testing her claim at \(\alpha = 0.01\).

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**The correct hypotheses would be:**

- \( H_0: \mu \leq 7635 \)
- \( H_A: \mu < 7635 \) (claim)

- \( H_0: \mu \geq 7635 \)
- \( H_A: \mu < 7635 \) (claim)

- \( H_0: \mu = 7635 \)
- \( H_A: \mu \neq 7635 \) (claim)

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**Since the level of significance is 0.01 the critical value is -2.326**

**The test statistic is:** [______] (round to 3 places)

**The p-value is:** [______] (round to 3 places)

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**The decision can be made to:**

- reject \( H_0 \)
- do not reject \( H_0 \)

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**The final conclusion is that:**

- There is enough evidence to reject the claim that the average closing cost is less than $7635.
- There is not enough evidence to reject the claim that the average closing cost is less than $7635.
- There is enough evidence to support the claim that the average closing cost is less than $7635.
- There is not enough evidence to support the claim that the average closing cost is less than $7635.
Transcribed Image Text:**Hypothesis Testing for Average Closing Costs** A recent publication states that the average closing cost for purchasing a new home is $7635. A real estate agent believes that the average closing cost is less than $7635. She selects 42 new home purchases and finds that the average closing costs are $7297. The population standard deviation is $447. Help her decide if she is correct by testing her claim at \(\alpha = 0.01\). --- **The correct hypotheses would be:** - \( H_0: \mu \leq 7635 \) - \( H_A: \mu < 7635 \) (claim) - \( H_0: \mu \geq 7635 \) - \( H_A: \mu < 7635 \) (claim) - \( H_0: \mu = 7635 \) - \( H_A: \mu \neq 7635 \) (claim) --- **Since the level of significance is 0.01 the critical value is -2.326** **The test statistic is:** [______] (round to 3 places) **The p-value is:** [______] (round to 3 places) --- **The decision can be made to:** - reject \( H_0 \) - do not reject \( H_0 \) --- **The final conclusion is that:** - There is enough evidence to reject the claim that the average closing cost is less than $7635. - There is not enough evidence to reject the claim that the average closing cost is less than $7635. - There is enough evidence to support the claim that the average closing cost is less than $7635. - There is not enough evidence to support the claim that the average closing cost is less than $7635.
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