a) Write the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis. b) Based on the sample mean, the salmon are safe to sell, but you wanted to make sure and you performed a One-Sample t-test at alpha value: 0.01, and found the p-value = 0.002. What should you do? Explain. c) Could you have made a mistake with your decision in part b)? What type of error would this be? What is one consequence of this mistake?

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Problem 2: Salmon are good for you because they have Omega-3. However farmed salmon
have Mirex, a pollutant from the food. EPA (Environment Protection Agency) recommended the
safe level of Mirex in salmon for consumption is 0.08 ppb (part per billion). If the Mirex level is
higher than 0.08 ppb, then it is not safe for humans to eat. Your family owns a salmon farm that
has over 100,000 salmon. This is the main source of income for your family. Before selling the
fish, you must check the Mirex level. You randomly selected 35 salmon and checked for Mirex.
The mean level of Mirex is 0.07 ppb with standard deviation of 0.02 ppb.
a) Write the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.
b) Based on the sample mean, the salmon are safe to sell, but you wanted to make sure and
you performed a One-Sample t-test at alpha value: 0.01, and found the p-value = 0.002. What
should you do? Explain.
c) Could you have made a mistake with your decision in part b)? What type of error would this
be? What is one consequence of this mistake?
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 2: Salmon are good for you because they have Omega-3. However farmed salmon have Mirex, a pollutant from the food. EPA (Environment Protection Agency) recommended the safe level of Mirex in salmon for consumption is 0.08 ppb (part per billion). If the Mirex level is higher than 0.08 ppb, then it is not safe for humans to eat. Your family owns a salmon farm that has over 100,000 salmon. This is the main source of income for your family. Before selling the fish, you must check the Mirex level. You randomly selected 35 salmon and checked for Mirex. The mean level of Mirex is 0.07 ppb with standard deviation of 0.02 ppb. a) Write the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis. b) Based on the sample mean, the salmon are safe to sell, but you wanted to make sure and you performed a One-Sample t-test at alpha value: 0.01, and found the p-value = 0.002. What should you do? Explain. c) Could you have made a mistake with your decision in part b)? What type of error would this be? What is one consequence of this mistake?
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The provided sample mean is Xˉ=0.07\bar X = 0.07 and the sample standard deviation is s=0.02s = 0.02, and the sample size is n=35n = 35.

a) As per the problem described, Null and Alternative Hypotheses are :

The following null and alternative hypotheses need to be tested:

Ho: μ\mu0.080.08 (The salmon is safe for humans to eat as the Mirex level is less than or equal to safe level of 0.08)

Ha: μ\mu > 0.080.08 (The salmon is not safe for humans to eat as the Mirex level is more than safe level of 0.08)

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