Is there enough evidence at =α0.01 to support his claim? Assume that the variable is normally distributed. Use the P -value method with tables

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 An obstetrician read that a newborn baby loses on average

7

ounces in the first two days of his or her life. He feels that in the hospital where he works, the average weight loss of a newborn baby is less than

7

ounces. A random sample of

33

newborn babies has a mean weight loss of

6.2

ounces. The population standard deviation is

1.5

ounces. Is there enough evidence at

=α0.01

to support his claim? Assume that the variable is normally distributed. Use the

P

-value method with tables.

hello there are five parts to the question it asks to state the hypothessis and identify the claim it asks to compute the test value find the p value and choose the null hypothesis  

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