A.

Complete the table showing the Left- Right-

α Two-Tailed
rejection regions for common Tailed Tailed
values of α. 0.10 z ←1.28 z >1.28 z ←1.645∨z >1.645
0.05
Alternatively Hypothesis 0.01
Left- Right-
α Two-Tailed
Tailed Tailed B. Suppose that the z is the test
0.10 z ←1.28 z >1.28 z ←1.645∨z >1.645 statistic for hypothesis testing,
0.05 calculate the value of z for each of
0.01 the following:
4. μ=10 ,σ =3 , n=68 ,∧x́=9.2
B. Suppose that the z is the test
5. μ=26 , σ=4.5 , n=80 ,∧x́=28.3
statistic for hypothesis testing,
6. μ=75 ,σ =5.8 , n=118 ,∧x́=72.2
calculate the value of z for each of
the following: C. Given α and the z-values. Indicate
whether the decision is reject the
1. μ=10 ,σ =3 , n=68 ,∧x́=9.2
null hypothesis or accept the null
2. μ=26 , σ=4.5 , n=8 0 ,∧x́=28.3
hypothesis for each of the
3. μ=75 ,σ =5.8 , n=118 ,∧x́=72.2
following. Use α =0.05 .
C. Given α and the z-values. Indicate
5. α −0.05 , z=2.5 , two−tailed
whether the decision is reject the
6. α −0.05 , z=−1.645 , two−tailed
null hypothesis or accept the null
7. α −0.01 , z=1.85 , two−tailed
hypothesis for each of the
following. Use α =0.05 . 8. α −0.01 , z=−3.7 , two−tailed
1. α −0.05 , z=2.5 , two−tailed D. Application
Direction: Use the seven-step method
2. α −0.05 , z=−1.645 , two−tailed
to solve the following.
3. α −0.01 , z=1.85 , two−tailed
Problem:
4. α −0.01 , z=−3.7 , two−tailed
In a plant nursery, the owner
D. Application
thinks that the lengths of seedlings in a
Direction: Use the seven-step method
box sprayed with a new kind of
to solve the following.
fertilizer has an average height of
Problem:
26cm after three days and a standard
In a plant nursery, the owner
deviation of 10cm. one researcher
thinks that the lengths of seedlings in a
randomly selected 80 such seedlings
box sprayed with a new kind of
and calculated the mean height to be
fertilizer has an average height of
20 cm and the standard deviation was
26cm after three days and a standard
10cm. will you conduct a one-tailed
deviation of 10cm. one researcher
test or two-tailed test? Proceed with
randomly selected 80 such seedlings
the test using α =0.05 .
and calculated the mean height to be
20 cm and the standard deviation was
10cm. will you conduct a one-tailed
test or two-tailed test? Proceed with
the test using α =0.05 .

A. Complete the table showing the

rejection regions for common
values of α.

Alternatively Hypothesis