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ACTIVITY #4:PART 2 (HYPOTHESIS TESTING Z/T TEST)

STATISTICS (MAT3)

NAME: __MELVIN O. PALIMPING_________________ TME STARTED: _________ TIME ENDED: ____________

YEAR/SECTION: _HUMSS 11 A-2_____________________________

TEST I. Solve the following using the 5 steps of hypothesis procedure. (15 Points each)

Given:
1. A researcher claims that a 20-year- 15
old woman on a special diet will have ̃ 112.5 lbs.
110 lbs
an average weight of 110 pounds. A
5 lbs.
sample of 15 women has an average t-test (two-tailed)
weight of 112.5 pounds and a
standard deviation of 5 pounds. At a STEP 1.
0.01 level of significance, can the Ho: = 110 lbs. (claim)
claim be rejected? Ha: ≠ 110 lbs.
STEP 2.

Critical Value: ± 2.977

STEP 3: Test value. (show your solution)

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STEP 4. DECISION

t-value critical value

STEP 5. CONCLUSION
The claim is false
 Given:
2. A report in LTO stated that the 40
average age of taxis in the ̃ 8.2 years
Philippines is 9 years. An operations 9 years
manager of a large taxi company
z-test (one-tailed, left-tailed)
selects a sample of 40 taxis and finds
the average age of the taxis is 8.2 STEP 1.
years. The standard deviation of the
population is 2.3 years. At a 0.05 (claim)
level of significance, can it be
concluded that the average age of STEP 2.
taxis in his company is less than the
national average?
Critical Value: -1.645

STEP 3: Test value. (show your solution)

STEP 4. DECISION

z-value critical value

STEP 5. CONCLUSION
The claim is true