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Step 1
Null hypothesis: Alternative
hypothesis:
=a
a a
a >a
<a
where a is any
number.
Step 2
Level of significance: = .01, .05, 0.10
Step 3
Test statistic
For large sample when population mean ,
x
known: Z = n
Step 4
Critical region:
if alternative hypothesis 0 then |Z|
Ztab
if alternative hypothesis > 0 then
Z>Ztab
if alternative hypothesis <0 then Z<-
Ztab
Conclusion: if calculated value falls in critical
region then reject null hypothesis. If
calculated value does not fall in critical region
then accept null hypothesis.
Z
2
Common Values of :
Confiden Z
Z 2
ce Level
90% 0.10 1.282 1.645
95% 0.05 1.645 1.96
99% 0.01 2.326 2.575
Solution:
Null hypothesis: H0: = 8.5
Alternative hypothesis: H1 : 8.5
Level of significance: = 0.01
X
Test statistic: Z = S
n
|Z| |Z|
Critical region: Ztab = > 2.575
X
Computation: Here = 8.79, = 8.5, n= 42,
SD = 1.27
8.798.5
1.27
Z= 42
= 1.48
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
Q.1: An electrical firm manufactures light bulbs that have a length of life that is
approximately normally distributed with a mean of 812 hours and a SD of 40 hours.
Test the hypothesis that = 812 hours against the alternative 812 hours if a
random sample of 36 has an average life of 800 hours. Use a 5% level of
significance.
Q.2: A sample of 900 plants is found to have a mean of 34 cm. Can it be reasonably
regarded as random sample from a large population with mean 32 cm and SD 23
cm? Use 5 % level of significance?
Q.3: Suppose that the variance of the IQS of the high school students in a certain
city is 225. A random sample of 36 students has a mean IQ of 106. If the level of
significance is chosen at 0.05, should we conclude that the IQS of the high school
students in this city are higher than 100.
Q.4: A random sample of 64 drinks from a soft drink machine has an average
content of 21.9 dl, with = 1.42 dl. Test the hypothesis that = 22.2 dl against the
alternative hypothesis <22.2at 5% level og significance.
Q.5: Given the following information. What is your conclusion in testing of each of
the indicated null and alternative hypothesis?
N X S2 H0 H1 t-table