It is known that the average age of someone in the NFL is 26.2 years old. Suppose we take a sample of 15 athletes and find that the average age is 26.8 years old with a sample standard deviation of 3.22 years. We are interested in testing if the average age of NFL players

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It is known that the average age of someone in the NFL is 26.2 years old. Suppose we take a sample of 15 athletes and find that the average age is 26.8 years old with a sample standard deviation of 3.22 years. We are interested in testing if the average age of NFL players is increasing.
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d. Calculate the test statistic.
e. Find the p-value.
f. What conclusion would be made here at the 95% confidence level?
g. Would my conclusion change if I changed alpha to .10? Show reasoning.
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Null Hypothesis:

H0:μ26.2

Alternative Hypothesis:

H1:μ>26.2

Test statistic:

t=x¯-μsn=26.8-26.23.2215=0.7217

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