Kira recently switched her primary doctor to one specializing in caring for elderly patients. On her new doctor's website, it says that the mean systolic blood pressure among elderly females is  120 millimeters of mercury (mmHg). Kira believes the value is actually higher. She bases her belief on a recently reported study of 11 randomly selected, elderly females. The sample mean systolic blood pressure was  124mmHg, and the sample standard deviation was 24mmHg . Assume that the systolic blood pressures of elderly females are approximately normally distributed. Based on the study, at the  0.10  level of significance, can it be concluded that  μ , the population mean systolic blood pressure among elderly females, is greater than  120   mmHg ? Perform a one-tailed test. Then complete the parts below. Carry your intermediate computations to three or more decimal places. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.) (a) State the null hypothesis  H0  and the alternative hypothesis  H1 . H0: H1: (b) Determine the type of test statistic to use.   ▼(Choose one)   (c) Find the value of the test statistic. (Round to three or more decimal places.)   (d) Find the p-value. (Round to three or more decimal places.)   (e) Can it be concluded that the mean systolic blood pressure among elderly females is greater than  120   mmHg ?   Yes    No

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Kira recently switched her primary doctor to one specializing in caring for elderly patients. On her new doctor's website, it says that the mean systolic blood pressure among elderly females is 
120 millimeters of mercury (mmHg). Kira believes the value is actually higher. She bases her belief on a recently reported study of 11 randomly selected, elderly females. The sample mean systolic blood pressure was 
124mmHg, and the sample standard deviation was 24mmHg
.

Assume that the systolic blood pressures of elderly females are approximately normally distributed. Based on the study, at the 

0.10

 level of significance, can it be concluded that 

μ

, the population mean systolic blood pressure among elderly females, is greater than 

120

 

mmHg

?

Perform a one-tailed test. Then complete the parts below.

Carry your intermediate computations to three or more decimal places. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)

(a) State the null hypothesis 
H0
 and the alternative hypothesis 
H1
.
H0:
H1:
(b) Determine the type of test statistic to use.
  ▼(Choose one)
 
(c) Find the value of the test statistic. (Round to three or more decimal places.)
 
(d) Find the p-value. (Round to three or more decimal places.)
 
(e) Can it be concluded that the mean systolic blood pressure among elderly females is greater than 
120
 
mmHg
?
 
Yes 
 
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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sample size(n)=11

Mean(top enclose straight x)=124

standard deviation(s)=24

significance level(straight alpha)=0.10

claim is that μ, the population mean systolic blood pressure among elderly females, is greater than 120 mmHg

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