HYPOTHESIS TESTING PROBLEM AND ANSWER

A. Shown on the table below are the average daily consumption of saturated fat (in grams) and
the cholesterol level (in milligrams per hundred milligrams) of a 10 randomly chosen sample of
patients at the Holy Name Medical Center. Is there a significant correlation between fat
consumption and cholesterol level? Test at 0.05 level of significance. p-value0.001
Fat 65 78 60 44 53 68 87 46 55 73
consumptio
n

Cholesterol 190 225 205 175 180 214 245 160 210 215
level
Compute the R-value and complete the 9 steps in hypothesis testing using the problem
above!

1.Problem Statement:

Does relationship exist between the consumption of saturated fat and the
cholesterol level of the patients at Holy Name Medical Center?

2.Hypotheses

Ho: There is no significant relationship between the consumption of saturated fat

and the cholesterol level of the patients at Holy Name Medical Center.

Ha: There is a significant relationship between the consumption of saturated fat and
the cholesterol level of the patients at Holy Name Medical Center.

3.Choice of Test Statistics

a: Pearson product moment of correlation, a= 0.05

4.Computation

y2
Fat Consumption Cholesterol Level
(x) (y) x2 xy
65 190 4,225 36, 100 12, 350
78 225 6,084 50, 625 17, 550
60 205 3,600 42, 025 12, 300
44 175 1,936 30, 625 7, 700
53 180 2,809 32, 400 9, 540
68 214 4,624 45, 796 14, 552
87 245 7,569 60, 025 21, 315
46 160 2,116 25, 600 7, 360
55 210 3,025 44, 100 11, 550
73 215 x 2 5,329 46, 225 15, 695
∑x =629 ∑y =2019  ∑ = 41,317 y∑2 = 413, 521   ∑xy = 129, 912

r value = 0.908 p value = 0.001 n=

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5.Decision Rule, Level of significance, Findings

Decision Rule: Reject Ho if p-value < level of significance

Level of significance: 0.05

Findings: p-value (0.001) < a (0.05)

6.Decision

Reject the null hypothesis

7.Interpretation

There is a significant relationship between fat consumption and cholesterol level.

Patients who consume high amount of fat may also have a high cholesterol level.

8.Conclusion

The amount of fat consumed has a direct impact on one's cholesterol level. The more
saturated fat a person consumes, the higher his or her cholesterol level will be.

9. Implication

A person's cholesterol level is determined by how much and how little saturated fat
he or she consumes. Thus, making them a correlated with each other.

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