The owner of a chain of mini-markets wants to compare the sales performance of two of her stores, Store 1 and Store 2. Though the two stores have been comparable in the past, the owner has made several improvements to Store 1 and wishes to see if the improvements have made Store 1 more popular than Store 2. Sales can vary considerably depending on the day of the week and the season of the year, so she decides to eliminate such effects by making sure to record each store's sales on the same 10 days, chosen at random. She records the sales (in dollars) for each store on these days, as shown in the table below. Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Store 1 478 478 770 795 952 774 499 953 695 964 Store 2 329 581 595 921 895 661 645 793 575 973 Difference(Store 1 - Store 2) 149 −103 175 −126 57 113 −146 160 120 −9 Send data to calculator Based on these data, can the owner conclude, at the 0.05 level of significance, that the mean daily sales of Store 1 exceeds that of Store 2? Answer this question by performing a hypothesis test regarding μd (which is μ with a letter "d" subscript), the population mean daily sales difference between the two stores. Assume that this population of differences (Store 1 minus Store 2) is normally distributed. Perform a one-tailed test. Then complete the parts below. Carry your intermediate computations to three or more decimal places and round your answers as specified. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.) (a) State the null hypothesis H0 and the alternative hypothesis H1 . H0:=μd0 H1:>μd0 (b) Determine the type of test statistic to use. Type of test statistic: ▼t Degrees of freedom: 9 (c) Find the value of the test statistic. (Round to three or more decimal places.) (d) Find the critical value at the 0.05 level of significance. (Round to three or more decimal places.) (e) At the 0.05 level, can the owner conclude that the mean daily sales of Store 1 exceeds that of Store 2?
The owner of a chain of mini-markets wants to compare the sales performance of two of her stores, Store 1 and Store 2. Though the two stores have been comparable in the past, the owner has made several improvements to Store 1 and wishes to see if the improvements have made Store 1 more popular than Store 2. Sales can vary considerably depending on the day of the week and the season of the year, so she decides to eliminate such effects by making sure to record each store's sales on the same
days, chosen at random. She records the sales (in dollars) for each store on these days, as shown in the table below.
Day |
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Store 1 |
478
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478
|
770
|
795
|
952
|
774
|
499
|
953
|
695
|
964
|
Store 2 |
329
|
581
|
595
|
921
|
895
|
661
|
645
|
793
|
575
|
973
|
Difference (Store 1 - Store 2) |
149
|
−103
|
175
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−126
|
57
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113
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−146
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160
|
120
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−9
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Based on these data, can the owner conclude, at the
level of significance, that the
(which is
with a letter "d" subscript), the population mean daily sales difference between the two stores. Assume that this population of differences (Store 1 minus Store 2) is
Perform a one-tailed test. Then complete the parts below. Carry your intermediate computations to three or more decimal places and round your answers as specified. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)
(a) | State the null hypothesis
H0
H1
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H0:=μd0
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H1:>μd0
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(b) | Determine the type of test statistic to use. | |
Type of test statistic: ▼t |
Degrees of freedom:
9
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(c) | Find the value of the test statistic. (Round to three or more decimal places.) | |
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(d) | Find the critical value at the
0.05
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(e) | At the
0.05
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