Hyplthesis Testing of Mean & Proportion

Section 7.1 : Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
1. State the claim mathematically. Then write the null and alternative hypothesis. Determine whether the hypothesis test is left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed. (References: Definition of a statistical hypothesis on page 365, example 1 on page 366 and example 3 on page 371; end of section exercises 19 - 22 page 375, 23 - 28 page 376)

a. A candidate for mayor of a city claims to be favored by at least half the voters. Test this candidates claim. (4 points)

Answer: claim:
H0 :
Ha :
Test :

b. The mean age of bus drivers in Chicago is 50.9 years. Test the claim that the mean age differs from this. (4 points)

Answer: claim:
H0 :
Ha :
Test :

Section 7.2: Hypothesis Testing for the Mean (Large Samples)
Use the guidelines at the end of the project.

2. Use the method specified to perform the hypothesis test for the population
mean . A fast food outlet claims that the mean waiting time in line is less than 4.9 minutes. A random sample of 60 customers yield a sample mean of 4.8 minutes. From past studies it is know that the standard deviation is 0.6 minutes. At  = 0.05, test the fast food outlet's claim
a. Use the critical value z0 method from the normal distribution.
(References: example 7 though 10 pages 385 - 388, end of section exercises 39 - 44 pages 392 - 393) (6 points)

Answer: Given data
1. H0 :
Ha : c
2.  =
3. Test statistics:
4. P-value or critical z0 or t0.:
5. Rejection Region:
6. Decision:
7. Interpretation:

b. Use the P-value method.
(References: example 1 though 5 pages 379 - 383, end of section exercises 33 - 38 pages 391 - 392) (6 points)

Answer: Given data
1. H0 :
Ha :
2.  =
3. Test statistics:

4. P-value or critical z0 or t0.
5. Rejection Region:

6. Decision:
7. Interpretation:

Section 7.3: Hypothesis Testing for Mean (Small Samples)

3. The Daily Planet Transit Company claims that the mean waiting time for train during rush hour is less than 7 minutes. As random sample of 20 waiting times has a mean of 5.2 minutes with a standard deviation of 2.1 minutes. Assume the distribution is normally distributed.

a. Use the critical value t0 method from the normal distribution to test for the population mean . Test the company's claim.
(References: example 1 though 5 pages 397 - 401, end of section exercises 23 - 28 pages 404 - 405) (6 points)

Answer: Given data
1. H0 :
Ha :
2.  =
3. Test statistics:
4. P-value or critical z0 or t0.

5. Rejection Region:

6. Decision:
7. Interpretation:

b. Use the critical value t0 method from the normal distribution to test for the population mean . Test the company's claim at the level of significance  = 0.01
(References: example 1 though 5 pages 397 - 401, end of section exercises 23 - 28 pages 404 - 405) (6 points)

Answer: Given data
1. H0 :
Ha :
2.  =
3. Test statistics:
4. P-value or critical z0 or t0.

5. Rejection Region:

6. Decision:
7. Interpretation

Section 7.4: Hypothesis Testing for Proportions.

4. For a candidate to win in a congressional district, he has to have won over half of the vote. The Republican candidate takes a poll to assess his chances in a two-candidate race. He polls 1200 potential voters and find that 621 plan to vote for the Republican candidate. Does the Republican candidate have a chance to win? Use a level of significance of a = 0.05. (Round phat to 4 decimal places.)

Answer: Given data
1. H0 : Ha :
2. a =
3. Test statistics:
4. P-value or critical z0

5. Rejection Region:

6. Decision:
7. Interpretation:

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Guidelines -- Hypothesis Testing Steps:
1. State H0 and Ha.
2. Specify the level of significance alpha a.
3. Determine the test statistic, either z or t. Find the test statistic using the given data.
4. Find the P-value or the critical value(s) z0 or t0. Use the method specified in the problem statement.
5. Define the rejection region using either the P-value method or critical values from the Normal distribution.
6. Make a decision to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis.
7. Interpret the decision in the context of the original claim.