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5) A sample of 400 male students is found to have a mean height (55 + 18) inches. Can it be
reasonably regarded as a sample from a large population with mean height 66 inches and
standard deviation
1.30 inches? Test at 5% level of significance.
Transcribed Image Text:5) A sample of 400 male students is found to have a mean height (55 + 18) inches. Can it be reasonably regarded as a sample from a large population with mean height 66 inches and standard deviation 1.30 inches? Test at 5% level of significance.
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Step 1

Given:

In a sample of 400 male students, it was observed that they have a mean height (of 55+18) inches.

Hence,

        n=400x=55+18  =73μ=66σ=1.30α=0.05

 

Step 2

The null and alternative hypotheses can be written as:

Ho: μ=66 

 Vs 

H1: μ66

As the alternative hypothesis includes a "not equal to" sign, the test can be considered a two-tailed test.

The test statistic is calculated as:

z=x¯-μ0σn=73-661.3400=1401.3=107.69230107.69

Use Excel to determine the P-value for z = 107.69. Use the function =NORM.S.DIST(107.69,FALSE). The screenshot is shown below"

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For a two-tailed test, the P-value will be 0.0000.

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