Springbok Earthworks is a manufacturer in a mature cyclical industry. During the most recent financial reports, its net sales averaged $30 million per year with a standard deviation of $10 million (n= 6 observations). Management claims that Springbok Earthworks performance during the most recent cycle results from new approaches and that we can dismiss profitability expectations based on its average or normalized sales of $24 million per year in prior cycles. With mas the population value of mean annual sales, formulate null and alternative hypotheses consistent with testing Springbok Earthwork’s management’s claim. Assuming that Springbok Earthworks sales is at least approximately normally distributed, identify the appropriate test statistic. If this were a two tailed Z-test, with 90% confidence what would be your rejection point or critical value? Assuming a critical value of 1.15 determine whether or not to reject the null hypothesis at the 0.05 significance level.

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Springbok Earthworks is a manufacturer in a mature cyclical industry. During the most recent financial reports, its net sales averaged $30 million per year with a standard deviation of $10 million (n= 6 observations). Management claims that Springbok Earthworks performance during the most recent cycle results from new approaches and that we can dismiss profitability expectations based on its average or normalized sales of $24 million per year in prior cycles.

  1. With mas the population value of mean annual sales, formulate null and alternative hypotheses consistent with testing Springbok Earthwork’s management’s claim.
  2. Assuming that Springbok Earthworks sales is at least approximately normally distributed, identify the appropriate test statistic.
  3. If this were a two tailed Z-test, with 90% confidence what would be your rejection point or critical value?
  4. Assuming a critical value of 1.15 determine whether or not to reject the null hypothesis at the 0.05 significance level.
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