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Exercise 10

TEST OF HYPOTHESIS ON ONE POPULATION MEAN

.1. The daily wages of as particular industry are normally distributed with a mean of Php 270.00. Ina random sample
of 144 workers in the industry , the average daily wage was found to be Php 240.00 with a standard deviation of
Php 30.00, Can this company be paying inferior wages at 5% level of significance.

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Decision Rule:

Computation:

Decision:

Conclusion:

2. Past experience has shown that the length of time for students to enroll in college is normally distributed with
mean equal to 2 hours and 3 minutes. A new enrollment procedure is being tested. A random sample of 25
students has an average time of 1 hour and 40 minutes with a standard deviation of 50 minutes, can it be said
that the new enrollment procedure is effective in reducing the average time for enrollment? Use 1% level of
significance.

Ho:

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α=

Decision Rule:

Computation:

Decision:

Conclusion: