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Population In America

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1. Introduction
A Sample survey was collect to verify the mean population in united stated of America lower that the state with highest population. The sample for 50 states was analyzed through one tailed (left) t-static hypothesis. The hypothesis tests and the confidence intervals that we will use for estimating the mean are base on a static called the t-static.

A statistical hypothesis itself is an assumption for a set of data which may or may not be true. The null and alternate hypotheses would be:
H0: µ = µ0
Ha: µ < µ0
Null hypothesis (H0) states that sample observations results purely from chance. Alternative hypothesis (Ha) states that the sample observations are influenced by some non-random cause.
2. Define Population(s).
The population is the total number of people staying in America (per state) in 2011
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Define Variable(s)
The data contains 50 state names (categorical data type) and the total number (numerical data type) of people staying in that state.
4. Data Collection
The data was collected from was collected from United States census bureau (refer Appendix A).
5. Study Design.
The state with highest population has size of 37,252,000. It is assumed that the mean of the sample population is less than 38,000,000. The hypothesis test was conducted to verify that the mean of the sample population is sample less than 38,000,000. Since it doesn’t contain the equal sign, it would be the alternate hypothesis. Let us assume that µ0 = 38,000,000 is the mean of the sample.
The null and alternate hypotheses would be:
H0: µ = µ0
Ha: µ < µ0

6. Results: Descriptive

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