Weatherwise is a magazine published by the American Meteorological Society. One issue gives a rating system used to classify Nor'easter storms that frequently hit New England and can cause much damage near the ocean. A severe storm has an average peak wave height of ? = 16.4 feet for waves hitting the shore. Suppose that a Nor'easter is in progress at the severe storm class rating. Peak wave heights are usually measured from land (using binoculars) off fixed cement piers. Suppose that a reading of 38 waves showed an average wave height of x = 16.9 feet. Previous studies of severe storms indicate that ? = 3.5 feet. Does this information suggest that the storm is (perhaps temporarily) increasing above the severe rating? Use ? = 0.01.   State the null and alternate hypotheses. H0: ? > 16.4 ft; H1: ? = 16.4 ft H0: ? = 16.4 ft; H1: ? < 16.4 ft     H0: ? = 16.4 ft; H1: ? > 16.4 ft H0: ? < 16.4 ft; H1: ? = 16.4 ft H0: ? = 16.4 ft; H1: ? ≠ 16.4 ft   What sampling distribution will you use? Explain the rationale for your choice of sampling distribution. The standard normal, since the sample size is large and ? is unknown. The standard normal, since the sample size is large and ? is known.     The Student's t, since the sample size is large and ? is unknown. The Student's t, since the sample size is large and ? is known.   What is the value of the sample test statistic? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)   Sketch the sampling distribution and show the area corresponding to the P-value.   Based on your answers in parts (a) to (c), will you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? Are the data statistically significant at level ??   At the ? = 0.01 level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant. At the ? = 0.01 level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant.     At the ? = 0.01 level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant. At the ? = 0.01 level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant.

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Weatherwise is a magazine published by the American Meteorological Society. One issue gives a rating system used to classify Nor'easter storms that frequently hit New England and can cause much damage near the ocean. A severe storm has an average peak wave height of ? = 16.4 feet for waves hitting the shore. Suppose that a Nor'easter is in progress at the severe storm class rating. Peak wave heights are usually measured from land (using binoculars) off fixed cement piers. Suppose that a reading of 38 waves showed an average wave height of x = 16.9 feet. Previous studies of severe storms indicate that ? = 3.5 feet. Does this information suggest that the storm is (perhaps temporarily) increasing above the severe rating? Use ? = 0.01.

 

State the null and alternate hypotheses.

H0: ? > 16.4 ft; H1: ? = 16.4 ft
H0: ? = 16.4 ft; H1: ? < 16.4 ft   
 H0: ? = 16.4 ft; H1: ? > 16.4 ft
H0: ? < 16.4 ft; H1: ? = 16.4 ft
H0: ? = 16.4 ft; H1: ? ≠ 16.4 ft
 
What sampling distribution will you use? Explain the rationale for your choice of sampling distribution.
The standard normal, since the sample size is large and ? is unknown.
The standard normal, since the sample size is large and ? is known.    
The Student's t, since the sample size is large and ? is unknown.
The Student's t, since the sample size is large and ? is known.
 
What is the value of the sample test statistic? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
 
Sketch the sampling distribution and show the area corresponding to the P-value.
 
Based on your answers in parts (a) to (c), will you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? Are the data statistically significant at level ??
 
At the ? = 0.01 level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant.
At the ? = 0.01 level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant.    
At the ? = 0.01 level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant.
At the ? = 0.01 level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant.
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