The Scottsdale fire department aims to respond to fire calls in 8 minutes or less, on average. Response times are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 1 minute 48 seconds. Would a sample of 18 fire calls with a mean response time of 8 minutes 49 seconds provide sufficient evidence to show that the goal is not being met at α = .01? (a) Choose the appropriate hypotheses.  H0: µ ≤ 8 min vs H1: µ > 8 min, Reject H0 if zcalc > 2.326 H0: µ ≥ 8 min vs H1: µ < 8 min, Reject H0 if zcalc > 2.326   a b  (b) Calculate the value of the test statistic. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) zcalc     _________         (c) Use Excel to find the p-value. (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.) p-value  _________        (d) If α = .01, we would  Fail to reject the null hypothesis. Reject the null hypothesis.

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The Scottsdale fire department aims to respond to fire calls in 8 minutes or less, on average. Response times are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 1 minute 48 seconds. Would a sample of 18 fire calls with a mean response time of 8 minutes 49 seconds provide sufficient evidence to show that the goal is not being met at α = .01?
 
(a) 
Choose the appropriate hypotheses.
 

  1. H0µ ≤ 8 min vs H1µ > 8 min, Reject H0 if zcalc > 2.326
  2. H0µ ≥ 8 min vs H1µ < 8 min, Reject H0 if zcalc > 2.326

 

  • a
  • b

 
(b) Calculate the value of the test statistic. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
 
z
calc     _________        
 
(c) Use Excel to find the p-value. (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
 
p-value  _________       
 
(d) If α = .01, we would
 
  • Fail to reject the null hypothesis.
  • Reject the null hypothesis.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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