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The weights of newborn children in the United States vary according to the normal distribution with mean 7.5 pounds and standard deviation 1.25 pounds. An article in the The Wall Street Journal claims that the average birth weight is decreasing over time.

A local hospital wanted to see if the claim was true and randomly sampled 23 baby's weights and found an average weight of 7.1 pounds. Test the claim using a 1% level of significance that the mean weight significantly smaller than the national average of 7.5 pounds. Use the population standard deviation of 1.25 pounds. Give answer to at least 4 decimal places.

What are the correct hypotheses? (Select the correct symbols.)

H₀: pounds

H₁: pounds

Based on the hypotheses, find the following:

Test Statistic =

p-value =

The correct decision is to

The correct summary would be: that the mean weight significantly smaller than the national average of 7.5 pounds.

What is the type I error in this situation?

The weights of newborn children in the United States vary according to the normal distribution with mean
7.5 pounds and standard deviation 1.25 pounds. An article in the The Wall Street Journal claims that the
average birth weight is decreasing over time.
Steady Decline
Change in the average birth
weight of babies born in the
U.S. since 1990, in ounces
-0.5
-1.0
-1.5
-2.0
1990 '95 '00
'05
*Born between 37 and 41 weeks and not
including multiple births
Source: Obstetrics and Gynecology
A local hospital wanted to see if the claim was true and randomly sampled 23 baby's weights and found an
average weight of 7.1 pounds. Test the claim using a 1% level of significance that the mean weight
significantly smaller than the national average of 7.5 pounds. Use the population standard deviation of 1.25
pounds. Give answer to at least 4 decimal places.
What are the correct hypotheses? (Select the correct symbols.)
Ho: Select an answer
?
pounds
H₁: Select an answer
pounds
Based on the hypotheses, find the following:
Test Statistic =
p-value =
The correct decision is to Select an answer
that the mean weight
The correct summary would be: [Select an answer
significantly smaller than the national average of 7.5 pounds.
What is the type I error in this situation?
Select an answer
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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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