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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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A somewhat outdated study indicates that the mean number of hours worked per week by software developers is 44. We have good reason to suspect that the mean number of hours worked per week by software developers, μ, is now greater than 44 and wish to do a statistical test. We select a random sample of software developers and find that the mean of the sample is 48 hours and that the standard deviation is 6 hours.

Based on this information, complete the parts below.

(a)	What are the null hypothesis H0 and the alternative hypothesis H1 that should be used for the test?
(b)	Suppose that we decide to reject the null hypothesis. What sort of error might we be making?
(c)	Suppose the true mean number of hours worked by software engineers is 50 hours.
A Type II error would be _____ the hypothesis that μ is_____ when, in fact, μ is_____ .

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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