
UNDERSTANDING BASIC STATISTICS (LOOSE)
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Chapter 10.2, Problem 25P
(i)
To determine
The level of significance, null hypothesis and alternate hypothesis.
(ii)
To determine
To find: The sampling distribution that should be used along with assumptions and compute the value of the sample test statistic.
(iii)
To determine
To find: The critical value of the test statistic and sketch the sampling distribution showing the critical region.
(iv)
To determine
Whether we reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis and whether the data is statistically significant for a level of significance of 0.01.
(v)
To determine
The interpretation for the conclusion.
(vi)
To determine
The comparison for our conclusion with the conclusion obtained from the P-value method.
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