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HYPOTHESIS TESTING
Critical / rejection
region
One-tailed Hypothesis Test
Critical / rejection
region
Conclusions in Hypothesis Testing
Start
Does the
original claim There is sufficient evidence to warrant
contain the
No Reject Yes
the rejection of the claim that (original
Original ? (Reject)
condition of claim claim)
equality? contains
equalityand There is no sufficient evidence to
becomes No
warrant the rejection of the claim that
(Donotreject)
(original claim)
No Reject Yes
The sample data support that (original
Originalclaimdoesnot ? (Reject)
containequalityand claim)
becomes
program and found out that the Since , test statistic will be There is sufficient evidence to
average weight loss of this obtained through two-tailed t- warrant the rejection of the
sample is 4.21 kg with a test for one sample. claim that the mean weight loss
of the sample is not significantly
standard deviation of 0.78 kg. different the local gyms claim
Test the claim of the gym at . Set , 4 of a 5-kg weight loss.
t-test for One Sample
The mean rating of the From the t-table, we identify
As a means to assess its faculty, probationary instructors is not the region to be greater than
the Graduate School of ESSU significantly greater than the 1.706.
conducts a faculty evaluation mean rating of all faculty Decision rule: Reject if
members.
before the end of every term. The mean rating of the
For the current semester, the probationary instructors is
average rating of all instructors significantly greater than the Since , we reject the null
mean rating of all faculty hypothesis.
is 3.39 with a standard deviation members.
of 0.87. On the other hand, There is sufficient evidence to
twenty-seven newly hired Since , test statistic will be warrant the rejection of the
obtained through one-tailed t- claim that mean rating of the
probationary instructors got a test for one sample. probationary instructors is not
mean rating of 3.76. Based from significantly greater than the
the data, did the probationary mean rating of all faculty
Set , members.
instructors get a better rating
than the faculty as a whole?
z-test for One Sample
There is no significant difference From the z-table, we identify
A company which manufactures between the mean of the the region that is 0.025 from
battery-operated toy cars randomly selected sample and each tail or 0.475 from the
claims that its products have a the companys claim. mean,
There is a significant difference Decision rule: Reject if
mean life span of 5 years with a between the mean of the
standard deviation of 2 years. A randomly selected sample and
sample of 40 toys was tested the companys claim.
Since , we reject the null
and found to have a mean life Since , test statistic will be hypothesis.
span of only 3 years. Using a 5 obtained through two-tailed z-
percent level of significance, test for one sample. There is sufficient evidence to
warrant the rejection of the
determine if there is a claim that the mean life span of
significant difference between the companys battery-
the mean of the randomly operated toy cars is 5 years.