Testing Claims About Variation. In Exercises 5-16, test the given claim. Identify the null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, test statistic, P-value or critical value(s), conclusion about the null hypothesis, and final conclusion that addresses the original claim. Assume that a simple random sample is selected from a
16. IQ of Professional Pilots The Wechsler IQ test is designed so that the mean is 100 and the standard deviation is 15 for the population of normal adults. Listed below are IQ scores of randomly selected professional pilots. It is claimed that because professional pilots are a more homogeneous group than the general population, they have IQ scores with a standard deviation less than 15. Test that claim using a 0.05 significance level.
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- Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897...AlgebraISBN:9780079039897Author:CarterPublisher:McGraw Hill