BIG Corporation advertises that its light bulbs have a mean lifetime, μ , of at least 3000 hours. Suppose that we have reason to doubt this claim and decide to do a statistical test of the claim. We choose a random sample of light bulbs manufactured by BIG and find that the mean lifetime for this sample is 2860 hours and that the sample standard deviation of the lifetimes is 600 hours. Based on this information, answer the questions below. What are the null hypothesis (H0) and the alternative hypothesis (H1) that should be used for the test? H0: μ is ? less than less than or equal to greater than greater than or equal to not equal to equal to H1: μ is ? less than less than or equal to greater than greater than or equal to not equal to equal to In the context of this test, what is a Type II error? A Type II error is rejecting failing to reject the hypothesis that μ is ? less than less than or equal to greater than greater than or equal to not equal to equal to when, in fact, μ is less than less than or equal to greater than greater than or equal to not equal to equal to Suppose that we decide to reject the null hypothesis. What sort of error might we be making? Type I Type II
BIG Corporation advertises that its light bulbs have a mean lifetime,
, of at least
hours. Suppose that we have reason to doubt this claim and decide to do a statistical test of the claim. We choose a random sample of light bulbs manufactured by BIG and find that the mean lifetime for this sample is
hours and that the sample standard deviation of the lifetimes is
hours.
Based on this information, answer the questions below.
What are the null hypothesis (H0) and the alternative hypothesis (H1) that should be used for the test? H0: μ is ?
less than
less than or equal to
greater than
greater than or equal to
not equal to
equal to
H1: μ is ?
less than
less than or equal to
greater than
greater than or equal to
not equal to
equal to
rejecting failing to reject the hypothesis that μ is ? less than less than or equal to greater than greater than or equal to not equal to equal to when, in fact, μ is less than less than or equal to greater than greater than or equal to not equal to equal to
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