Percentage Votes for Leny Robredo, Presidential Candidate in the 50 barangays of Legazpi City

(hypothetical data)

Percent Percent
Baragay Vote Barangay Vote
1 32 26 34
2 29 27 37
3 43 28 32
4 28 29 29
5 26 30 35
6 30 31 41
7 31 32 33
8 45 33 25
9 21 34 23
10 29 35 29
11 38 36 27
12 33 37 35
13 41 38 39
14 39 39 32
15 27 40 37
16 32 41 35
17 20 42 33
18 41 43 28
19 25 44 25
20 34 45 27
21 38 46 39
22 30 47 45
23 32 48 40
24 38 49 38
25 43 50 30

A. For all the Barangays. Test mean percentage vote for Leni is less than 36% at alpha 0.03

Step One: Declaration of the null and alternative hypothesis

H0: µ = 36

Ha: µ < 36

Step Two : Determine/Identify the Test Statistics:

α = 0.03; Z-test

Step Three: Critical value of the Z-distribution at α = 0.03

Z-tabulated value = -1.88

Step Four: COMPUTE the value of the test statistics using the data

GIVENS: n = 50, X-bar (Mean of the observations/data) = 33.06; s = 6.2

µ = 36 (As declared in step 1 for Ho)

Zcomputed value = sqrt(n) * (X Bar - µ)/s

= sqrt(50)* (33.06 – 36)/6.2

= -3.35

Step Five: To draw the conclusion.

COMPARE the values in Steps 3 and 4.

Accept Ha because the Zc is in the shaded region of the tabulated value of the test statistics.
From Step One: Ha: µ < 36

The mean percentage vote for Leni is statistically significantly less than 36% at alpha 0.03.

B. For barangays 1-27, test at 0.05 that mean percentage vote for Leni is greater than 30%.

Step One: Declaration of the null and alternative hypothesis

H0 : µ = 30

Ha : µ >30

Step Two : Determine/Identify the Test Statistics:

 α = 0.05; t-test

df = n – 1 = 27-1 = 26

Step Three: Critical value of the t-distribution at α = 0.05

T-tabulated value = POSITIVE VALUE = 2.06

Step Four: COMPUTE the value of the test statistics using the data

GIVENS: n = 27, X-bar (mean) =33.19, s =6.6

µ = 30

Tcomputed value = sqrt(n) * (X Bar - µ)/s

= sqrt(27)* (33.19– 30)/6.6

= 2.51

Step Five: To draw the conclusion.

COMPARE the values in Steps 3 and 4.

Accept Ha because the tc is in the shaded region of the tabulated value of the test statistics.

From Step One: Ha: µ >30

The mean percentage of Barangays 1-27 is statistically significantly greater than 30 at alpha 0.05.