The accuracy of a coin-counter machine is gauged to accept nickels with a mean diameter of millimeters 21.21 mm. A sample of 36 nickles was drawn from a reported defective coin-counter machine located near a school. The sample had a sample mean of 21.215 mm and sample standard deviation 0.011 mm. Test the claim that the mean nickel diameter accepted by this coin-counter machine is greater than 21.21 mm. Test at the 0.1 significance level. (a) Identify the correct alternative hypothesis HaHa: μ<21.21μ<21.21 μ>21.21μ>21.21 μ=21.21μ=21.21 Give all answers correct to 4 decimal places. (b) The test statistic value is:  (c) Using the Traditional method, the critical value is:  (d) Based on your answers above, do you:   Fail to reject H0H0 Reject H0

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The accuracy of a coin-counter machine is gauged to accept nickels with a mean diameter of millimeters 21.21 mm. A sample of 36 nickles was drawn from a reported defective coin-counter machine located near a school. The sample had a sample mean of 21.215 mm and sample standard deviation 0.011 mm.

Test the claim that the mean nickel diameter accepted by this coin-counter machine is greater than 21.21 mm. Test at the 0.1 significance level.

(a) Identify the correct alternative hypothesis HaHa:

  • μ<21.21μ<21.21
  • μ>21.21μ>21.21
  • μ=21.21μ=21.21



Give all answers correct to 4 decimal places.

(b) The test statistic value is: 

(c) Using the Traditional method, the critical value is: 

(d) Based on your answers above, do you:

 

  • Fail to reject H0H0
  • Reject H0
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From the given information,

Sample size n =36

the Sample mean, x̅ =21.215 mm

the Sample standard deviation, s=0.011 mm

the hypothesized mean, µ=21.21.

Degrees of freedom: 35(=36–1)

In this context, the population standard deviation is not known. It is appropriate to use t-test of a mean.

a)

The test hypotheses are given below:

Denote µ as the true mean

The Null hypothesis H0: µ =21.21 mm

The Alternative hypothesis H1: µ>21.21 mm.

The alternative hypothesis indicates a right-tailed test.

Therefore, the correct answer isµ>21.21”.

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