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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

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we are going to run a hypothesis test based on a claim made by an insurance provider. Read the following:

An insurance provider states that their customers save at least, on average, 300 dollars per year by switching to them, with a standard deviation of 150 dollars. Before we decide to switch to the new company and go through all of the hassle, we want to test the claim. So, we go out and sample 64 individuals who switched to the new insurance company and found them to have saved an average of 255 dollars per year. Do we have enough evidence at the α = 0.05 level to state that the insurance provider is false in their claim?

Answer the following questions

What are the hypotheses based on the words given in the problem?
Should we use a Z or T distribution in this case?
What is our Z or T statistic?
What is the P-value?
Based on your p-value and alpha, what conclusion will we make?
Based on your results, would you switch to this company? Explain why or why not (Note: this can go beyond the use of statistics, but statistical analysis can help our decisions

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