researcher studying stress is interested in the blood pressure measurements of chief executive officers (CEOs) of major corporations. He has good reason to believe that the mean systolic blood pressure, μ, of CEOs of major corporations is different from 132 mm Hg, which is the value reported in a possibly outdated journal article. He plans to perform a statistical test. He measures the systolic blood pressures of a random sample of CEOs of major corporations and finds the mean of the sample to be 124 mm Hg and the standard deviation of the sample to be 20 mm Hg. Based on this information, complete the parts below. Suppose the true mean systolic blood pressure of CEOs of major corporations is 132 mm Hg. Fill in the four blanks to describe a Type I error. 1. A Type I error would be (rejecting) or (failing to reject) the hypothesis 2. that μ is (less than) (less than or = to) (greater
A researcher studying stress is interested in the blood pressure measurements of chief executive officers (CEOs) of major corporations. He has good reason to believe that the mean systolic blood pressure, μ, of CEOs of major corporations is different from 132 mm Hg, which is the value reported in a possibly outdated journal article. He plans to perform a statistical test. He measures the systolic blood pressures of a random sample of CEOs of major corporations and finds the mean of the sample to be 124 mm Hg and the standard deviation of the sample to be 20 mm Hg. Based on this information, complete the parts below.
Suppose the true mean systolic blood pressure of CEOs of major corporations is 132 mm Hg. Fill in the four blanks to describe a Type I error.
1. A Type I error would be (rejecting) or (failing to reject) the hypothesis
2. that μ is (less than) (less than or = to) (greater than) (greater than or = to) (not = to) or (= to)
3. the number (124) (132) or (20)
4. when, in fact, μ is (= to 20) (= to124) (= to 132) (not = to 132) (less than 20) (less than 124.)
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