Alternative Reject

hypotheses null hypothesis if:

  0 zc  z 
or 2
zc   z 
2
  0 zc  z
  0 zc   z
TEST of Single Population mean
x
z

n
TEST of Single Population proportion
pP
z
P(1  P)
n
Remember that
z
2
and z represent

the critical/tabulated z – value.

1. Suppose that the annual incident
of asthma in the general population
among children 0-4 years of age is
1.4% for boys. If 10 cases are
observed among 500 boys 0-4 years
of age with smoking mothers, then
test if the proportion of incidence of
asthma in the general population is
not equal to 0.014. Use   0.05
2. In the past, it was believed that
40% of women felt that men are
basically selfish and self-centered. It
is now claimed that this proportion
has increased. A sample of 3,000
women shows that 1,260 agree with
this statement. Can the statistician
conclude that more than 40% of
women felt that men are basically
selfish and self-centered?   0.05
3. A random sample of 55 children
from barangay Q indicated their
average birth weight of 2.55 kg. past
record of the said barangay showed
that the standard deviation is 0.8 kg.
Test that the true average weight is
equal to 3.15 kg. Use   0.05
When the population standard
deviation is unknown and the sample
size is small (n<30), the t-statistic is
appropriate.

x degrees of freedom

t
s df = n - 1
n
Alternative Reject
hypotheses null hypothesis if:
  0 tc  t 
( df )
2
tc  t 
( df )
2

  0 tc  t (df )

  0 tc  t (df )
 t
Remember that 
( df )
2
and t represent
 (df )
the critical/tabulated t – value.
1. Professor Dante administered an
achievement test, which yielded a
population mean of 85. if his class of
25 students obtains a mean of score
of 89 with standard deviation score of
14, can the professor claim that his
class is a superior class ?   0.05