PRACTICAL 5

STATEMENT : THE TIME (IN MINUTES) SPENT BY 10 RANDOMLY SELECTED

CUSTOMERS USING THE INTERET IN A CYBER CAFÉ IS AS FOLLOWS :
35,20,39,45,69,40,65,40,25,50. CAN YOU SAY THAT THE AVERAGE TIME SPENT BY
CUSTOMERS IS MORE THAN 30 MINUTES AT 5% LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE?

WORKING EXPRESSION:
a. Small sample test (t test): When the sample size is less than or equal to 30 then the
sampling distribution of the sample mean follows student’s t distribution. The t test is
defines as the ratio of difference between t and E (t) to the S.E (t).
X−μ
S
tcal= √n

∑ ( x−x )2
where
X=
∑x
n ,S= √ n−1 is the unbiased estimate of population standard deviation
Let us consider sample of size n (n<30) has been drawn from the normal population with
unknown variance.

TEST STATISTICS:
We need to find the calculated value here. Tcal can be tabulated from the following expression:
X−μ
S
tcal = √n

X=
∑x 1
X 2 −n X 2 )
n
( ∑
where, , = n−1 .
LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE:
α is the level of significance. In case α is not given, we consider it to be 0.05, S2 (sample
∑ ( x −x )2
mean square) = n−1 .
CRITICAL VALUE:
Critical or tabulated value of t is obtained from table according to the level of significance,
degree of freedom and alternative hypothesis.

CALCULATION:
We calculated the value of Ttab using Ms- Excel and the obtained data are as follows:

SN items/statement symbol value

1 null hypothesis h0:u=u0  
2 alternative hypothesis    
3 population mean u 30
4 sample mean   42.8
5 sample size   10
6 s.e of sample mean   4.903060269
7 sample sd   15.50483795
8 t cal   2.610614453
9 level of significance   0.05
10 degree of freedom n-1 9
11 t tab   2.262157163
12 decision   we reject H0

DECISION:
Since ttab > tcal so we reject H0.
RESULT:
Using excel formula, the calculated value and tabulated value from the given data were
2.610614453 and 2.262157163.
CONCLUSION:
The average time spent by customers is more than 30 minutes.