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Chapter 8: Q. 9.20 (page 358)

Worker Fatigue. A study by M. Chen et al. titled "Heat Stress Evaluation and Worker Fatigue in a Steel Plant" (American Industrial Hygiene Association, Vol. 64, pp. 352-359) assessed fatigue in steel plant workers due to heat stress. Among other things, the researchers monitored the heart rates of a random sample of 29 casting workers. A hypothesis test is to be conducted to decide whether the mean post work heart rate of casting workers exceeds the normal resting heart rate of 72 beats per minute (bpm).

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Part (a). 渭is equal to 72bpm.

Part (b). 渭is greater than 72 bpm.

Part (c). Right tailed test.

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Part (a) Step 1. Given information.

To determine whether the average post-work heart rate of casting workers surpasses the usual resting heart rate of 72 beats per minute, a hypothesis test will be undertaken (bpm).

02

Part (a) Step 2. Determine the null hypothesis.  

Let

渭= the mean post-work rate of casting workers.

The mean post-work rate of casting workers is equal to 72 bpm.

The null hypothesis:

So, localid="1651766795538" H0:渭=72bpm

03

Part (b) Step 1. Determine the alternative hypothesis. 

The alternative hypothesis:

Casting employees have a mean post-work rate of more than 72 beats per minute.

So, H0>172bpm

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Part (c) Step 1. Classify the hypothesis test as two tailed, left tailed, or right tailed. 

This is a right-tailed hypothesis test. This is because the alternative hypothesis test determines that the mean post-work rate of casting workers is more than 72 bpm.

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