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The document describes a hypothesis test to determine if the mean breaking strength of a new synthetic fishing line is equal to the claimed 8 kilograms. A random sample of 50 lines found a mean of 7.8 kilograms. The null hypothesis is that the population mean is 8 kilograms, with the alternative being that it is not equal to 8 kilograms. With a significance level of 0.01 and a standard deviation of 0.5 kilograms, the test statistic of -2.83 falls outside the critical values of ±2.58, so the null hypothesis is rejected.

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What I Can Do: Decision Making

The document describes a hypothesis test to determine if the mean breaking strength of a new synthetic fishing line is equal to the claimed 8 kilograms. A random sample of 50 lines found a mean of 7.8 kilograms. The null hypothesis is that the population mean is 8 kilograms, with the alternative being that it is not equal to 8 kilograms. With a significance level of 0.01 and a standard deviation of 0.5 kilograms, the test statistic of -2.83 falls outside the critical values of ±2.58, so the null hypothesis is rejected.

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G14 Millares, Isha Biblyah C.

11- Volunteerism

WHAT I CAN DO
Solve.
A manufacturer of sports equipment has developed a new synthetic fishing line that he claims
has a mean breaking strength of 8 kilograms with a standard deviation of 0.5 kilogram. Test the
hypothesis that μ = 8 kilograms against the alternative that μ ≠ 8 kilograms if a random sample
of 50 lines is tested and found to have a mean breaking strength of 7.8 kilograms. Use a 0.01
level of significance.
Given X =7.8
μ=8
σ =0.5
α =0.01
n=50
Population parameter of interest. The parameter of interest is the mean of the population
where the sample comes from.
Hypothesis H O ; μ=8
H a ; μ≠ 8
Assumptions: By CLT, it is normally distributed
Sample size
Random sampling
Sampling
- Level of Significance α =0.01
- One-tailed or two-tailed? Two-tailed
- Critical Value z=± 2.58
Compute the test statistic X−μ 7.8−8
Z c= = =−2.83
σ 0.5
√n √ 50
Decision Rule ≤
If the computed value negative critical value or if the
computed value is ≥ positive critical value, reject the
H O. Otherwise, do not reject the H O.

Compare the test statistic and the Decision making:


critical value. Then, interpret. −2.83<−2.58
The null hypothesis is rejected.
Interpretation:
There is significant difference between the sample and
population means.
There is enough evidence to reject the hypothesis.

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