The mean number of cigarettes used an American

smoker is known to be 18.1 per day. In general, minors

(below age 21) who smoke have had the habit for a
shorter time and have less disposable income, leading
to the alternative hypothesis that they smoke fewer
cigarettes than the average American smoker. To test
this alternative hypothesis, a random sample of n = 50
minors who smoke was selected. The sample statistics
are: x-bar =16.8 and s = 4.7. Conduct the appropriate
hypothesis test to determine, for a = .05, whether
minors who smoke use fewer cigarettes than the
average American smoker.

a.

What is the computed value of the test statistic?

b.
What is the p-value for that test statistic?
c.
What is your conclusion, given the p-value and level
of the test a?
a. What is the computed value of the test statistic? -1.95582726711173
b. What is the p-value for that test statistic? 0.028099744747786
c. What is your conclusion, given the p-value and
level of the test a?

Given that the test statistic yields a P-value

less than the tolerance for error (alpha =
0.05), there is enough information to reject
the null hypothesis. I.e. the true mean is less
than 18.1 cigarettes per day for minors who
smoke in America

Mu 18.1
n 50
X-bar 16.8
s 4.7
Alpha 0.05

Test Statistic: -1.955827

P-value 0.0281

The mean number of cigarettes used an American smoker is known to be 18.1 per
day. In general, minors (below age 21) who smoke have had the habit for a shorter
time and have less disposable income, leading to the alternative hypothesis that
they smoke fewer cigarettes than the average American smoker. To test this
alternative hypothesis, a random sample of n = 50 minors who smoke was selected.
The sample statistics are: x-bar =16.8 and s = 4.7. Conduct the appropriate
hypothesis test to determine, for a = .05, whether minors who smoke use fewer
cigarettes than the average American smoker.