A pipes manufacturer makes pipes with a length that is supposed to be 16 inches. A quality control technician sampled 30 pipes and found that the sample mean length was 16.09 inches and the sample standard deviation was 0.25 inches. The technician claims that the mean pipe length is not 16 inches. What type of hypothesis test should be performed? Select Select What is the test statistic? Ex: 0.123 Left-tailed t-test What is the number of degrees of freedom? Ex: 20 Right-tailed t-test Left-tailed z-test Does sufficient evidence exist at the a = 0.1 signif technician's claim? Select v rt the %3D Two-tailed t-test

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6.2.1: Hypothesis test for a population mean.
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A pipes manufacturer makes pipes with a length that is supposed to be 16
inches. A quality control technician sampled 30 pipes and found that the
sample mean length was 16.09 inches and the sample standard deviation was
0.25 inches. The technician claims that the mean pipe length is not 16 inches.
What type of hypothesis test should be performed? Select
Select
What is the test statistic? Ex: 0.123
Left-tailed t-test
What is the number of degrees of freedom? Ex: 20 Right-tailed t-test
Does sufficient evidence exist at the a = 0.1 signif
Left-tailed z-test
rt the
technician's claim? Select v
Two-tailed t-test
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Transcribed Image Text:CHALLENGE 6.2.1: Hypothesis test for a population mean. ACTIVITY Jump to level 1 A pipes manufacturer makes pipes with a length that is supposed to be 16 inches. A quality control technician sampled 30 pipes and found that the sample mean length was 16.09 inches and the sample standard deviation was 0.25 inches. The technician claims that the mean pipe length is not 16 inches. What type of hypothesis test should be performed? Select Select What is the test statistic? Ex: 0.123 Left-tailed t-test What is the number of degrees of freedom? Ex: 20 Right-tailed t-test Does sufficient evidence exist at the a = 0.1 signif Left-tailed z-test rt the technician's claim? Select v Two-tailed t-test 3 Check Next o Type here to search W DI
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