Worksheet

11 – Hypothesis Testing for 1 Mean

1. Calculate the p-value for the hypothesis test for the population mean with the given hypotheses
and test statistic.
a. 𝐻" : 𝜇 ≤ 1.07 and 𝐻+ : 𝜇 > 1.07, 𝑧 = 2.27 0.0116
b. 𝐻" : 𝜇 = 144 and 𝐻+ : 𝜇 ≠ 144, 𝑧 = −1.65 0.099
c. 𝐻" : 𝜇 ≥ 760 and 𝐻+ : 𝜇 < 760, 𝑧 = −2 0.0228
d. 𝐻" : 𝜇 = 3 and 𝐻+ : 𝜇 ≠ 3, 𝑧 = 2.04 0.0414

Perform each hypothesis test. For each scenario complete the following steps.
a. State the null and alternative hypotheses
b. Calculate the test statistic
c. Reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis, and interpret your decision.

2. CNN/Money reports that the mean cost of a speeding ticket, including court fees, was $150.00
in 2002. A local police department claims that this amount has increased. To test their claim,
they collect data from a simple random sample of 160 drivers who have been fined for speeding
in the last year, and find that they paid a mean of $154.00 per ticket. Assuming that the
population standard deviation is $17.54, is there sufficient evidence to support the police
department’s claim at the 𝛼 = 0.01 significance level?
a. 𝐻" : 𝜇 ≤ 150.00 and 𝐻+ : 𝜇 > 150.00
b. 𝑧 ≈ 2.88
c. 𝑝-value ≈ 0.0020; therefore reject the null hypothesis at the 0.01 significance level and
conclude there is evidence that supports the police department’s claim that the mean cost
of a speeding ticket has increased.

3. A national business magazine reports that the mean age of retirement for women executives is
61.0. A women’s rights organization believes that this value does not accurately depict the
current trend in retirement. To test this, the group polled a simple random sample of 95
recently retired women executives and found that they had a mean age of retirement of 61.5.
Assuming the population standard deviation is 2.5 years, is there sufficient evidence to support
the organization’s belief at the 𝛼 = 0.05 significance level?
a. 𝐻" : 𝜇 = 61.0 and 𝐻+ : 𝜇 ≠ 61.0
b. 𝑧 ≈ 1.95
c. 𝑝-value ≈ 0.0512; therefore fail to reject the null hypothesis at the 0.05 significance level
and conclude there is not enough evidence to support the claim that the mean retirement
age is not 61.


4. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the mean weight for an adult female in
the United States is 164.7 pounds. A group promoting healthier eating habits feels strongly that
it has made an impact in one community by reducing the mean weight of women in that
 community. A simple random sample of 39 women in this community yielded a mean weight of
161.9 pounds. Assuming that the population standard deviation is 5.6 pounds, is there sufficient
evidence at a 𝛼 = 0.01 significance level to say that the mean weight of women in this
community is lower than 164.7 pounds?
a. 𝐻" : 𝜇 ≥ 164.7 and 𝐻+ : 𝜇 < 164.7
b. 𝑧 ≈ −3.23
c. 𝑝-value ≈ 0.0006; therefore reject the null hypothesis at the 0.05 significance level and
conclude there is evidence that supports the group’s claim that the mean weight of women
in this community is lower than 164.7.

5. The board of a major credit card company requires that the mean wait time for customers for
service calls is at most 3.00 minutes. To make sure that the mean wait time is not exceeding the
requirement, an assignment manager tracks the wait times of 45 randomly selected calls. The
mean wait time was calculated to be 3.4 minutes. Assuming the population standard deviation
is 1.45 minutes, is there sufficient evidence to say that the mean wait time is longer than 3.00
minutes with a 98% level of confidence?
a. 𝐻" : 𝜇 ≤ 3.00 and 𝐻+ : 𝜇 > 3.00
b. 𝑧 ≈ 1.85
c. 𝑝-value ≈ 0.0322; therefore fail to reject the null hypothesis at the 0.02 significance level
and conclude there is not enough evidence to support the claim that the mean wait time is
longer than 3.00 minutes.