FUTURE GENERATION PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Senior High School Department

Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ACTIVITY 4.2

Name: ____________________________________________

I. Express the null hypothesis 𝑯𝟎 the alternative hypothesis 𝑯𝑨 in notation form in the following
scenarios.

The principal of the school claims that the mean age of the teachers is 45 years. The mean age of the
randomly selected 35 teachers is 42 years, which is not equal to what is claimed by the principal.

1] 2]

The mathematics teacher claims that the mean IQ of Statistics students is 110. The mean IQ of the 32
randomly selected Statistics students is 112 which is more than what the mathematics teacher claims.

3] 4]

It is claimed that the percentage of viewers tuned to Channel 7’s new sitcom is 30%. Out if the 250 viewers
randomly selected, only 29% are tuned to Channel 7’s new sitcom. Can it be concluded that the percentage
of viewers tuned to Channel 7’s new sitcom is less than 30%?

5] 6]

The mean annual income of workers who are college graduates is greater than ₱100, 000 a year.

7] 8]

The percentage of woman who watches sports on TV is not 40% as claimed by researcher.

9] 10]

II. Determine whether the hypothesis test with the given null and alternative hypothesis is left-tailed,
right-tailed, or two-tailed.

_____________11] 𝐻0 : 𝜇 = 25; 𝐻1 : 𝜇 ≠ 25

_____________12] 𝐻0 : 𝜇 = 350; 𝐻1 : 𝜇 > 350

_____________13] 𝐻0 : 𝜇 = 75; 𝐻1 : 𝜇 ≠ 75

_____________14] 𝐻0 : 𝜇 = 0.9; 𝐻1 : 𝜇 > 25

_____________15] 𝐻0 : 𝜇 = 0.35; 𝐻1 : 𝜇 < 25

III. Write the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis in words for each situation.

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A pharmaceutical company claims that their pain reliever capsule is 70% effective. But a clinical test on
this capsule showed 65 out of 100 effectiveness.

16]

17]

A politician believes that he is favored by 85% of voters. An opponent says this is too high for him to claim.

18]

19]

An electric company says that the average consumption of residents in a certain town is 300 kWh per month.
But the town’s mayor says their town’s residents consume less.

20]

21]

A barangay official claims that the mean family income of his constituents is ₱30,000 but some group of
residents believe that this is not true.

22]

23]

A telecommunication company claims that they have 80% of all postpaid subscribers but this is being
refuted by its rival company.

24]

25]

A school reports an average grade of 84 among its currently enrolled elementary students. Some parents
believe that this is an underestimate of the actual average.

26]

27]

Given the null hypothesis, “The mean age of the patients in a hospital is equal to 26”, state the alternative
hypothesis if the test is

28] right-tailed

29] left-tailed

30] two-tailed

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