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I believe that the population mean number of times that adults go for a walk each week is less than 2.0. I spoke with 8 adults and found that they went on walks 3,5,2,1,0,4,0 and 5 times last week. Test this hypothesis at the 0.5 significance level.

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Let X be the random variable such that the number of times that adults go for a walk each week.

The given sample is 

3,5,2,1,0,4,0 and 5

x¯ : Sample mean a number of times that adults go for a walk each week.

s: Sample standard deviation number of times that adults go for a walk each week.

n: Sample size = 8

It is required to test whether the population mean number of times that adults go for a walk each week is less than 2.0.

 

 

Step 2

Calculating the sample statistic first.

Sample mean:

x¯ =xn

    =208

    = 2.5

Sample standard deviation:

s = (x - x¯)2n - 1

    = 2.070197

 

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