Statistics Question

Question

You wish to test the following claim (HaHa) at a significance level of α=0.05α=0.05.

      Ho:μ=76.9Ho:μ=76.9 

      Ha:μ<76.9Ha:μ<76.9

You believe the population is normally distributed, but you do not know the standard deviation. You obtain a sample of size n=34n=34 with mean M=73.4M=73.4 and a standard deviation of SD=11.4SD=11.4.

What is the test statistic for this sample? (Report answer accurate to three decimal places.) 

test statistic = 

What is the p-value for this sample? (Report answer accurate to four decimal places.) 

p-value = 

The p-value is...

1. less than (or equal to) αα
2. greater than αα

This test statistic leads to a decision to...

1. reject the null
2. accept the null
3. fail to reject the null

As such, the final conclusion is that...

1. There is sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that the population mean is less than 76.9.
2. There is not sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that the population mean is less than 76.9.
3. The sample data support the claim that the population mean is less than 76.9.
4. There is not sufficient sample evidence to support the claim that the population mean is l

Answer 1

t statistic = (xbar - mu)/(std dev/sqrt(sample size))

xbar = 73

mu = 76.9

std dev = 11.4

n = 34

substituting values into the equation, you will get

t = -1.99

this is a left-side test so p-value will be:

P(t < -1.99)

use table or technology to determine p value = 0.0275 (in excel it is t.dist(-1.99,33,true) - 33 is the degrees of freedom (n - 1).

p-value is less than alpha (0.05), so we reject the null hypothesis

the sample data supports the claim that the population mean is less than 76.9.