Maceren, Marsha Ella L.

BS Math Stat-4
Laboratory Activity #2

Each person in a random sample of n=10 employees was asked about X, the daily time
wasted at work doing non-work activities, such as surfing the internet and emailing friends,
The resulting data, in minutes, are as follows:

108 112 117 130 111 131 113 113 105 128

Is it okay to assume that these data come from a normal distribution with mean 120 and
standard deviation 10?

1. HYPOTHESES:

H0: The data come from a normal distribution with mean 120 and
standard deviation 10.

H1: The data does not come from a normal distribution with mean 120 and
standard deviation 10.

2. SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL

Here we use, α=0.10 and we have n=10, µ=120, σ=120.

3. TEST STATISTICS

Since we want to determine whether the data come from a population having a
theoretical distribution specifically a normal distribution, we will use Kolmogorov-Smirnov
one sample test.

4. CRITICAL REGION

Using α=0.10, if Dcomputed≥Dtab, we reject H0. From Table E. (Siegel book), we have
Dtab=0.368.
5. RESULTS
y k S_n F_0 |F_0-S_n| z
105 1 0.1 0.0668 0.0332 -1.5
108 2 0.2 0.1151 0.0849 -1.2
111 3 0.3 0.1841 0.1159 -0.9
112 4 0.4 0.2119 0.1881 -0.8
113 5 0.5 0.2420 0.258 -0.7
113 6 0.6 0.2420 0.358 -0.7
117 7 0.7 0.3821 0.3179 -0.3
128 8 0.8 0.7881 0.0119 0.8
130 9 0.9 0.8413 0.0587 1
131 10 1 0.8643 0.1357 1.1

To calculate the value of the hypothesized distribution function F_0 at each of the values of
y, we need the aid of the standard normal table or the z-table. Now, calculating

D= max|F_0-S_n|= 0.358

6. CONCLUSION

Since Dcomputed=0.358≥ Dtab=0.368 is false, we fail to reject H0. Therefore, we say that there is
sufficient evidence and hence okay to assume that the data come from a normal distribution
with mean 120 and standard deviation 10.