TUTORIAL ONE AND TWO SAMPLE TESTS OF HYPOTHESIS

1. A sample of 36 observations is selected from a normal population. The sample mean

is 49 and the population standard deviation is 5. Conduct the following test of
hypothesis using the 0.05 significance level.

H0: µ = 50
H1: µ ≠ 50
a) Is this a one- or two-tailed test?

b) What is the decision rule?

c) What is the value of the test statistic?

d) What is your decision regarding H0?

e) What is the p-value? Interpret it.

2. A sample of 36 observation is selected from a normal population. The sample mean is

21, and the population standard deviation is 5. Conduct the following test of
hypothesis using the 0.05 significance level.
H0: µ ≤ 20
H1: µ > 20
a) Is this a one- or two-tailed test?

b) What is the decision rule?

c) What is the value of the test statistic?

 d) What is your decision regarding H0?

e) What is the p-value? Interpret it.

3. The manufacturer of the X-15 steel-belted radial truck tire claims that the mean
mileage the tire can be driven before the tread wears out is 60,000 miles. Assume the
mileage wear follows the normal distribution and the standard deviation of the
distribution is 5,000 miles. Crosset Truck Company bought 48 tires and found that the
mean mileage for its trucks is 59,500 miles. Is Crosset’s experience different from that
claimed by the manufacturer at the 0.05 significance level?

a) State the null hypothesis and the alternate hypothesis.

b) State the decision rule.

c) Compute the value of the test statistic.

d) What is your decision regarding H0?

e) What is the p-value? Interpret it.

4. A recent national survey found that high school students watched an average (mean)
of 6.8 DVDs per month with a population standard deviation of 0.5 hours. The
distribution of times follows the normal distribution. A random sample of 36 college

students revealed that the mean number of DVDs watched last month was 6.2. At the
0.05 significance level, can we conclude that college students watch fewer DVDs a
month than high school students?

a) State the null hypothesis and the alternate hypothesis.

b) State the decision rule.

c) Compute the value of the test statistic..

d) What is your decision regarding H0?

e) What is the p-value? Interpret it.

5. The Medical Rehabilitation Foundation reports that the average cost of rehabilitation
at private hospital for stroke victim is RM15,000. To see if the average cost of
rehabilitation is different at a particular private hospital, a researcher selects a random
sample of 35 stroke victims at the hospitals and finds that the average cost of their
rehabilitation is RM17,500. The standard deviation of the population is RM4,500. At
 = 0.01, can it be concluded that the average cost of stroke rehabilitation at a
particular hospital is different from RM15,000?