To many people's chagrin, Rally's (a fast food restaurant) was closed last semester for quite a while due to renovations. Their fries are a particular favorite with their customers. Suppose Rally's decides to change to a new potato supplier in hopes of saving some money. The new supplier advertises the same pricing as the old supplier, but guarantees more usable potatoes per delivery. Suppose Rally's gives the new supplier a trail run to see if their claim holds.   A.) Identify the null hypothesis for the 'test'.   B.) Explain clearly what the type I and type II errors are in teh context of this problem.

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To many people's chagrin, Rally's (a fast food restaurant) was closed last semester for quite a while due to renovations. Their fries are a particular favorite with their customers. Suppose Rally's decides to change to a new potato supplier in hopes of saving some money. The new supplier advertises the same pricing as the old supplier, but guarantees more usable potatoes per delivery. Suppose Rally's gives the new supplier a trail run to see if their claim holds.

 

A.) Identify the null hypothesis for the 'test'.

 

B.) Explain clearly what the type I and type II errors are in teh context of this problem.

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In this question, It has been given that that a restaurant Rally’s was closed for last semester due to renovation, Rally’s decide to change its potato supplier to new to save some money, The new supplier advertises that he will provide that the potato at same price but more usable potatoes per delivery.

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Null Hypothesis:   There is no significant difference in usable potatoes between new supplier and old supplier.

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