BATARAO, PAUL ANDREI STATS - FINALS

11HUMSS2201 PERFORMANCE TASK

Number 1 & 2: Word Problem and Table of Data Gathered

A high school teacher wants to investigate the average sleep duration of ABM (Accountancy, Business,
and Management) students in their class. The reported population mean sleep duration for ABM
students is 5.4 hours. The teacher randomly selected 8 students from their class and recorded the
number of hours each student sleeps per day. The teacher decides to conduct a one-tailed t-test at a
significance level of 0.10 to determine if the average sleep duration of their students is significantly
higher from the reported population mean.

The recorded sleep duration data for the selected students is presented in the table below:

Student Sleep Duration (in hours)

1 5.2
2 4.9
3 7.1
4 6.0
5 5.5
6 4.8
7 5.7
8 5.3

Number 3: Calculation of Sample Mean and Standard Deviation

𝒙 (𝒙 − 𝒙̄ ) (𝒙 − 𝒙̄ )𝟐
5.2 -0.3625 0.1314
4.9 -0.6625 0.4389
7.1 1.5375 2.3639
6.0 0.4375 0.1914
5.5 -0.0625 0.0039
4.8 -0.7625 0.5814
5.7 0.1375 0.0189
5.3 -0.2625 0.0689

Sample Mean:
∑𝑥
𝑥̄ =
𝑛

5.2+4.9+7.1+6.0+5.5+4.8+5.7+5.3
𝑥̄ =
8

𝑥̄ = 5.5625
 Standard Deviation:

∑(𝑥 − 𝑥̄ )2
𝑠= √
(𝑛 − 1)

(0.1314 + 0.4289 + 2.3639 + 0.1914 + 0.0039 + 0.5814 + 0.0189 + 0.0689

𝑠= √
(8 − 1)

3.7988
𝑠= √
7

𝑠 = 0.7367

Number 4: Hypothesis Testing

Step 1 – State the Null and Alternative Hypothesis

Null Hypothesis - 𝐻0 : 𝜇 ≤ 5.4 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠

Alternative Hypothesis - 𝐻𝑎 : 𝜇 > 5.4 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠

Step 2 – Set Significance Level

The significance level (α) is given as 0.10.

The type of test used is a one-tailed, one sample T-test.

Step 3 – Determine the Critical Values

First, we find the values for the degree of freedom (df).

𝑑𝑓 = 𝑛 − 1
𝑑𝑓 = 8 − 1
𝑑𝑓 = 7
Then, we refer to the t-distribution table to find the critical value. Based on the table,
with 0.10 significance level and df of 7, the critical t-value is 1.4149.

𝑡𝑎

This means that if the computed test statistic falls outside the non-critical region or
greater than 1.4149, then the null hypothesis will be rejected.
Step 4 – Calculate the Test Statistics

To calculate the test statistics

𝑥̄ − 𝜇
𝑡= 𝑠
√𝑛
5.5625 − 5.4
𝑡=
0.7367
√8
0.1625
𝑡=
0.2605
𝑡 = 0.6238
Step 5 – Make a decision

𝑡 = 0.6238 < 1.4149 = 𝑡𝑎

Since the calculated test statistic is 0.6238, which falls within the non-critical region, we
fail to reject the null hypothesis.

Step 6 – State the Conclusion

Based on the sample data and the hypothesis test, there is not enough evidence to
conclude that the average sleep of ABM students in a day is significantly higher from 5.4
hours at the 0.10 level of significance.