CH 10

40. Ho:   267 H1:  > 267 Reject Ho if t > 2.681

288.31  267
t  3.421 Reject the null. The fare is higher. p-value < 0.005
22.46
13
(LO10-7)

CH 11

12. Step 1: Ho: n  t H1: n > t

Step 2: The 0.01 significance level was chosen
Step 3: Use a t-statistic assuming a pooled variance with the standard deviation unknown.
Step 4: df = 12 + 8 – 2 = 18 Reject Ho if t > 2.552
(8  1)(34.404) 2  (12  1)( 22.84) 2
s 2p   779.098
Step 5: 8  12  2
835.75  826.75
t  0.706
1 1 
779.098  
 8 12 
Do not reject Ho.
Step 6: There is no difference in the mean salary of nurses and school teachers. From the t-table
we estimate the p-value is greater than 0.20, using software we can find the p-value is
about 0.243. (LO11-2)

 8 
2 2 2
15
20 16  30.09
15 20  8 16
14. a. df = 30, found by 2 2
2 2

19 15
b. If t > 1.697, then reject Ho.
100  94
c. t  1.536
15 2 8 2

20 16
d. You fail to reject the null hypothesis. (LO11-2)

18. Reject Ho if t < 2.776 or t > 2.776

23
d  4.6
5

(4  4.6) 2  (3  4.6) 2  (5  4.6) 2  (4  4.6) 2  (7  4.6) 2

sd   1.5166
5 1
 4.6
t  6.782
1.5166 / 5
Reject the Ho. There is a difference in the mean number of citations given by the two officers.
From the t-table we estimate the p-value is less than 0.01, but greater than 0.001, using software
we can find the p-value is about 0.003. (LO11-3)

CH 15

6. Step 1: Ho: ≥0.5 H1: <0.5

Step 2: The 0.05 significance level was chosen
Step 3: Use the z-statistic as the binomial distribution can be approximated by the normal
distribution as nπ = 50> 5 and n (1-π) = 50> 5.
Step 4: Reject Ho if z <– 1.645

Step 5: , Fail to reject Ho.

Step 6: The proportion of student changing their major has not changed.(LO15-1)

12. Step 1: Ho: single = married H1: sm

Step 2: The 0.05 significance level was chosen
Step 3: Use the z-statistic as the binomial distribution can be approximated by the normal
distributions for each population as nsπs = 120, ns (1-πs) = 280, nmπm = 150, and nm(1-πm)
= 450 are all greater than 5.
Step 4: Reject Ho if z <– 1.96 or z > 1.96
120  150 0.30  0.25
Step 5: pc   0.27 , z   1.74
400  600 (0.27)(0.73) (0.27)(0.73)

400 600
Fail to reject Ho.
Step 6: There is no difference in the proportion of married and single drivers who have
accidents.(LO15-2)