The average salary for American college graduates is $48,200. You suspect that the average is less for graduates from your college. The 51 randomly selected graduates from your college had an average salary of $46,917 and a standard deviation of $17,450. What can be concluded at the  αα = 0.05 level of significance? For this study, we should use Select an answer t-test for a population mean z-test for a population proportion  The null and alternative hypotheses would be:       H0:H0:  ? μ p  Select an answer ≠ > = <         H1:H1:  ? μ p  Select an answer = ≠ > <     The test statistic ? z t  =  (please show your answer to 3 decimal places.)

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The average salary for American college graduates is $48,200. You suspect that the average is less for graduates from your college. The 51 randomly selected graduates from your college had an average salary of $46,917 and a standard deviation of $17,450. What can be concluded at the  αα = 0.05 level of significance?

  1. For this study, we should use Select an answer t-test for a population mean z-test for a population proportion 
  2. The null and alternative hypotheses would be:     

 H0:H0:  ? μ p  Select an answer ≠ > = <       

 H1:H1:  ? μ p  Select an answer = ≠ > <    

  1. The test statistic ? z t  =  (please show your answer to 3 decimal places.)
  2. The p-value =  (Please show your answer to 4 decimal places.)
  3. The p-value is ? > ≤  αα
  4. Based on this, we should Select an answer fail to reject accept reject  the null hypothesis.
  5. Thus, the final conclusion is that ...
    • The data suggest that the sample mean is not significantly less than 48,200 at αα = 0.05, so there is statistically insignificant evidence to conclude that the sample mean salary for graduates from your college is less than 46,917.
    • The data suggest that the population mean is not significantly less than 48,200 at αα = 0.05, so there is statistically insignificant evidence to conclude that the population mean salary for graduates from your college is less than 48,200.
    • The data suggest that the populaton mean is significantly less than 48,200 at αα = 0.05, so there is statistically significant evidence to conclude that the population mean salary for graduates from your college is less than 48,200.
  6. Interpret the p-value in the context of the study.
    • If the population mean salary for graduates from your college is $48,200 and if another 51 graduates from your college are surveyed then there would be a 30.09279614% chance that the population mean salary for graduates from your college would be less than $48,200.
    • If the population mean salary for graduates from your college is $48,200 and if another 51 graduates from your college are surveyed then there would be a 30.09279614% chance that the sample mean for these 51 graduates from your college would be less than $46,917.
    • There is a 30.09279614% chance that the population mean salary for graduates from your college is less than $48,200.
    •  There is a 30.09279614% chance of a Type I error.
  7. Interpret the level of significance in the context of the study.
    • There is a 5% chance that the population mean salary for graduates from your college is less than $48,200.
    • If the population mean salary for graduates from your college is $48,200 and if another 51 graduates from your college are surveyed then there would be a 5% chance that we would end up falsely concluding that the population mean salary for graduates from your college is less than $48,200.
    • There is a 5% chance that your won't graduate, so what's the point?
    • If the population population mean salary for graduates from your college is less than $48,200 and if another 51 graduates from your college are surveyed then there would be a 5% chance that we would end up falsely concluding that the population mean salary for graduates from your college is equal to $48,200.
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