Answered: A researcher wishes to see if the…

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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A researcher wishes to see if the average number of sick days a worker takes per year is greater than 5. A random sample of 37 workers at a large department store had a mean of 5.4. The standard deviation of the population is 1.4. Is there enough evidence to support the researcher's claim at =α0.01? Assume that the variable is normally distributed. Use the critical value method with tables.

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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