Obinguar, Ma. Angelica U.

Comp 3-B
Saludo, Coke Aidenry E.

Data 1

Ormoc Net's financial manager reports that the average cost of personal computer set is ₱24,334
with a standard deviation of ₱2,165. To see if the average cost of personal computer set is not
different at other computer stores, a researcher selected a random sample of 35 computer stores.
At α = 0.01, can it be concluded that the average cost at another computer store is not different?

Step 1: DEFINE THE POPULATION UNDER STUDY.

Given:
n = 35
µ = ₱24,334
σ = ₱2,165
Step 2: STATE THE PARTICUALR HYPOTHESIS, THE NULL AND THE
ALTERNATIVE, THAT WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
Hypothesis:
Ho: µ = ₱24,334 (claim)
Ha: µ ≠ ₱24,334
Step 3: GIVE THE LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE (α).
α = 0.01; two-tailed test
Test statistic: Z – test, σ is known
𝑥̅ −𝜇 𝑆𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒
Z = 𝜎/ 𝑥̅ =
√𝑛 𝑛

23,534−24,334 823,700
= =
2,165/√35 35

−800
= 𝑥̅ = 23,534
366

𝒁 = −𝟐. 𝟏𝟗
Data 2

The customer services director claims that the average starting salary for call center agents is
more than ₱21,670. A sample of 10 call center agents has been surveyed. Is there enough
evidence to reject the director's claim at α = 0.05?

Step 1: DEFINE THE POPULATION UNDER STUDY.

Given:
µ = ₱21,670
n = 10
Step 2: STATE THE PARTICUALR HYPOTHESIS, THE NULL AND THE
ALTERNATIVE, THAT WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
Hypothesis:
Ho: µ ≤ ₱21,670
Ha: µ > ₱21,670 (claim)
Step 3: GIVE THE LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE (α).
α = 0.05; one-tailed test
Test statistic: t – test, σ is unknown
𝑥̅ −𝜇 𝑆𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒
t = 𝑠/ 𝑥̅ =
√𝑛 𝑛

22,720−21,670 227,200
= =
2,790/√10 10

1,050
= 𝑥̅ = 22,720
882.28

𝒕 = 1.19 s = 2,790 (computed using Excel)