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Hypothesis Testing-Traditional (Z Test)

The document describes two hypothesis tests related to water levels in Hudson Bay and credit card debt of college seniors. For the first test on water levels, the null hypothesis is that the average depth has not increased, against the alternative that it has increased. The test statistic is computed and compared to the critical value, leading to a failure to reject the null hypothesis, meaning there is not enough evidence of an increase. For the second test on credit card debt, the null hypothesis is that average debt is not less than the reported amount, against the alternative that it is less. Again the test statistic is computed and compared to the critical value, resulting in a rejection of the null hypothesis, supporting the claim that average debt is less than reported.

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Hypothesis Testing-Traditional (Z Test)

The document describes two hypothesis tests related to water levels in Hudson Bay and credit card debt of college seniors. For the first test on water levels, the null hypothesis is that the average depth has not increased, against the alternative that it has increased. The test statistic is computed and compared to the critical value, leading to a failure to reject the null hypothesis, meaning there is not enough evidence of an increase. For the second test on credit card debt, the null hypothesis is that average debt is not less than the reported amount, against the alternative that it is less. Again the test statistic is computed and compared to the critical value, resulting in a rejection of the null hypothesis, supporting the claim that average debt is less than reported.

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Perform each of the following steps.

1. WARMING AND ICE MELT. The average depth of the Hudson Bay is 305 feet. Climatologists were interested in seeing if the
effects of warming and ice melt were affecting the water level. Fifty –five measurements over a period of weeks yielded a sample
mean of 306.2 feet. The population variance is known to be 3.57. Can it be concluded at the 0.05 level of significance that the
average depth has increased?

a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

b. Find the critical value, level of significance (α), test statistic

c. Compute the test value.

d. Make the decision.

e. Summarize the results.

Perform each of the following steps.

1. WARMING AND ICE MELT. The average depth of the Hudson Bay is 305 feet. Climatologists were interested in seeing if the
effects of warming and ice melt were affecting the water level. Fifty –five measurements over a period of weeks yielded a sample
mean of 306.2 feet. The population variance is known to be 3.57. Can it be concluded at the 0.05 level of significance that the
average depth has increased?

a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

b. Find the critical value, level of significance (α), test statistic

c. Compute the test value.

d. Make the decision.

e. Summarize the results.


2. CREDIT CARD DEBT. It has been reported that the average credit card for college seniors at the college book store for a
specific college is $3262. The student senate at a large university feels that their seniors have a debt much less than this, so it
conducts a study of 50 randomly selected seniors and finds that the average debt is $2995, and the population standard
deviation is $1100. With α = 0.05, is the student senate correct?

a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

b. Find the critical value, level of significance (α), test statistic

c. Compute the test value.

d. Make the decision.

e. Summarize the results.

2. CREDIT CARD DEBT. It has been reported that the average credit card for college seniors at the college book store for a
specific college is $3262. The student senate at a large university feels that their seniors have a debt much less than this, so it
conducts a study of 50 randomly selected seniors and finds that the average debt is $2995, and the population standard
deviation is $1100. With α = 0.05, is the student senate correct?

a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

b. Find the critical value, level of significance (α), test statistic

c. Compute the test value.

d. Make the decision.

e. Summarize the results.

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