verage number of miles a person drives per day is 24. A researcher wishes to see if people over age 60 drive less tha 24 miles per day. She selects a random sample of 25 drivers over the age of 60 and finds that the mean number of miles driven is 23.4 . The population standard deviation is 4.1 miles. At α=0.01, is there sufficient evidence that those drivers over 6-60 years old drive less than 24 miles per day on average? Assume that the variable is normally distributed. Use the

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The average number of miles a person drives per day is 24. A researcher wishes to see if people over age 60 drive less tha 24 miles per day. She selects a random sample of 25 drivers over the age of 60 and finds that the mean number of miles driven is 23.4 . The population standard deviation is 4.1 miles. At α=0.01, is there sufficient evidence that those drivers over 6-60 years old drive less than 24 miles per day on average? Assume that the variable is normally distributed. Use the P-value method with tables.

 
 
 

State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

 

:H0 :
claim or not claim
 
 
▼(Choose one)
:H1:
claim or not claim
 
 
 
▼(Choose one)

The hypothesis test is a ▼(Choose one)

one tailed or two tails
 test.

 

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As we know the population standard devoation, we will use the z test.

The null and alternative hypotheses are:

Ho: \mu = 24

H1: \mu < 24

This corresponds to a left-tailed test or one-tailed test.

 

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