Chapter 8.2, Problem 1E

For Exercises 1 through 25, perform each of the following steps.

a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

b. Find the critical value(s).

c. Compute the test value.

d. Make the decision.

e. Summarize the results.

Use diagrams to show the critical region (or regions), and use the traditional method of hypothesis testing unless otherwise specified.

1. Warming and Ice Melt The average depth of the Hudson Bay is 305 feet. Climatologists were interested in seeing if warming and ice melt were affecting the water level. Fifty-five measurements over a period of randomly selected weeks yielded a sample mean of 306.2 feet. The population variance is known to be 3.6. Can it be concluded at the 0.05 level of significance that the average depth has increased? Is there evidence of what caused this to happen?

Source: World Almanac and Book of Facts 2010