1 Sample T Test Assumptions 1. The sampling distribution is normally distributed.

In the independent t-test this means that the sampling distribution of the differences between score should be normal, not the scores themselves. 2. Data are measured at least at the interval level. 3. Variances in these populations are roughly equal (homogeneity of variance) 4. Scores are independent (because they come from different people).

Question An educator claims that the college student average IQ score is 115. A random sample of 30 student with IQ score is shown in Table 1. Is there enough evidence to reject the educators claim at = 0.05? Assume the sample was normally distributed.

Solution: A. Using traditional method 1. Hypotheses Ho : = 115 (claim) H1 : 115 2. Test statistic
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3. Critical value tcritical = (from t-test table; d.f = n-1 = 29, two-tailed, 4. Decision

Since the test value didnt fall into critical region, we do not reject the H0 5. Conclusion There is not enough evidence to reject the claim. In conclusion, we can say that the college students average IQ score is 115.

B. Using minitab 1. Type in all the data into the minitab.

2. Go to STAT, then BASIC STATISTICS, choose 1- Sample t. Fill the box as follow then press OK.

3. The output is as follow :

The test statistics is -1.89, the p-value is 0.069. Since the p-value is larger than the which is 0.05, we do not reject the null hypothesis. So, there is not enough evidence to reject the claim that the college student average IQ score is 115.

Exercise The Government claims that the car traveling pass your house average 55km/h, but you think they are actually traveling much faster. You borrowed a police radar gun and record the speed of the next twenty six cars that pass your house. 55, 60, 65, 55, 65, 60, 55, 75, 65, 78, 90, 56, 88, 50, 42, 63, 66, 54, 53, 67, 52, 88, 54, 78, 68, 66