Gentle Ben is a Morgan horse at a Colorado dude ranch. Over the past 8 weeks, a veterinarian took the following glucose readings from this horse (in mg/100 ml). 91 88 80 105 97 108 86 87 The sample mean is x ≈ 92.8. Let x be a random variable representing glucose readings taken from Gentle Ben. We may assume that x has a normal distribution, and we know from past experience that ? = 12.5. The mean glucose level for horses should be ? = 85 mg/100 ml.† Do these data indicate that Gentle Ben has an overall average glucose level higher than 85? Use ? = 0.05. a) State the null and alternate hypotheses. Will you use a left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed test? choose one: H0: ? > 85; H1: ? = 85; right-tailed H0: ? = 85; H1: ? > 85; right-tailed H0: ? = 85; H1: ? ≠ 85; two-tailed H0: ? = 85; H1: ? < 85; left-tailed b) What sampling distribution will you use? Explain the rationale for your choice of sampling distribution. choose one: -The Student's t, since n is large with unknown ?. -The Student's t, since we assume that x has a normal distribution with known ?. -The standard normal, since we assume that x has a normal distribution with known ?. -The standard normal, since we assume that x has a normal distribution with unknown ?. c) Compute the z value of the sample test statistic. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

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Gentle Ben is a Morgan horse at a Colorado dude ranch. Over the past 8 weeks, a veterinarian took the following glucose readings from this horse (in mg/100 ml). 91 88 80 105 97 108 86 87

The sample mean is x ≈ 92.8. Let x be a random variable representing glucose readings taken from Gentle Ben. We may assume that x has a normal distribution, and we know from past experience that ? = 12.5. The mean glucose level for horses should be ? = 85 mg/100 ml.† Do these data indicate that Gentle Ben has an overall average glucose level higher than 85? Use ? = 0.05.

a) State the null and alternate hypotheses. Will you use a left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed test? choose one:

H0: ? > 85; H1: ? = 85; right-tailed
H0: ? = 85; H1: ? > 85; right-tailed
H0: ? = 85; H1: ? ≠ 85; two-tailed
H0: ? = 85; H1: ? < 85; left-tailed

b) What sampling distribution will you use? Explain the rationale for your choice of sampling distribution. choose one:
-The Student's t, since n is large with unknown ?.
-The Student's t, since we assume that x has a normal distribution with known ?.
-The standard normal, since we assume that x has a normal distribution with known ?.
-The standard normal, since we assume that x has a normal distribution with unknown ?.

c) Compute the z value of the sample test statistic. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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