Sale Prices for Houses The average sales price of new one-family houses in the Midwest is $250,900 and in the South is $261,900 . A random sample of 30 houses in each region was examined with the following results. At the 0.10 level of significance, can it be concluded that the difference in mean sales price for the two regions is greater than $3400 ? (b) Find the critical value. (c) Compute the test value. (d) Make the decision. (e) Summarize the results.       South Midwest Sample size 30 30 Sample mean $261,900 $250,900 Population standard deviation $10,500 $12,000     Use μ1 for the average sales price for a house in the South.

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Sale Prices for Houses The average sales price of new one-family houses in the Midwest is

$250,900

and in the South is

$261,900

. A random sample of

30

houses in each region was examined with the following results. At the

0.10

level of significance, can it be concluded that the difference in mean sales price for the two regions is greater than

$3400

?

(b) Find the critical value.

(c) Compute the test value.

(d) Make the decision.

(e) Summarize the results.

 

 


  South Midwest
Sample size
30
30
Sample mean
$261,900
$250,900
Population standard deviation
$10,500
$12,000

 

 

Use

μ1

for the average sales price for a house in the South.

 

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