Lesson 4

Steps in Hypothesis Two-Mean

Testing
i) Null µ1 ¿ µ2
Hypothesis
ii) Alternative µ1< µ2
Hypothesis µ1 ¿ µ2
µ1 ≠ µ 2
iii) Significance
level (α)
2 2
whenever σ 1 =σ 2 are unknown but are
iv) Test Stat
istic
estimated by their sample variances we use:

( x 1 −x 2 )−( μ1 −μ2 )
t c=
s21 ( n1 −1)+ s22 (n2 −1) 1 1
√ σ 21 and
n 1 +n2
σ 22
⋅ +
√
n1 n2 whe
never are known we use:

( x 1 −x 2 )−( μ1 −μ2 )
z c=
σ 21 σ 22
√ +
n1 n2

v) Critical
Reject
H o if |t c|>t( α , df=n 1+ n 2−2) or
Region
|z c|>z (α=0.05 )=1.65
|z c|>z (α=0.025)=1.96
|z c|>z (α=0.01 )=2.33
|z c|>z (α=0.005)=2.575

vi) Decision
If
H o is true then
μ1 =μ 2