A cereal company claims that the mean weight of the cereal in its packets is more than 14 oz. The weights (in ounces) of the cereal in a random sample of 8 cereal packets are listed below. You may assume the sample data comes from a population that follows a normal distribution. Using a .05 level of significance test the company’s claim. 14.6 13.8 14.1 13.7 14.0 14.4 13.6 14.2     State the null hypothesis H0: _____________ State the alternative hypothesis H1: _____________ What is the test statistic used for the test (z or t) and its value (round to 2 places)

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A cereal company claims that the mean weight of the cereal in its packets is more than 14 oz. The weights (in ounces) of the cereal in a random sample of 8 cereal packets are listed below. You may assume the sample data comes from a population that follows a normal distribution. Using a .05 level of significance test the company’s claim.

14.6 13.8 14.1 13.7 14.0 14.4 13.6 14.2

 

 

  1. State the null hypothesis H0: _____________
  2. State the alternative hypothesis H1: _____________
  3. What is the test statistic used for the test (z or t) and its value (round to 2 places)
  4. State the significance or alpha (α) level
  5. Determine the p-value. (round to 4 places)
  6. Do you or do you not reject the null hypothesis? Why?
  7. Write a clear conclusion using a complete sentence.
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