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The mean age of graduate students at a University is at most 31years with a standard deviation of two years. A random sample of 15graduate students is taken. The sample mean is 32years and the sample standard deviation is three years. Are the data significant at the 1% level? The p-value is 0.0264. State the null and alternative hypotheses and interpret the p-value

Short Answer

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The data are not significant at 1%level.

The null hypothesis is,

H0:μ≤31,

and the alternate hypothesis is,

Ha:μ>31

Step by step solution

01

Introduction 

The null hypothesis is a statistical theory that states that no statistical link or significance exists between two sets of observed data and measured events in a given single observed variable.

02

Explanation

The standard variance of a normal distribution is two years. We'd like to double-check a claim that graduate students at a university are on average31years old. As a result, the null hypothesis is true.

H0:μ≤31

as well as the alternative hypothesis is,

Ha:μ>31

03

Explanation

The p- value is 0.0264, and the α=1%=0.01. Therefore,

p-value=0.0264>0.01=α

As a result, we are unable to dismiss the entire theory. At the 1%level, there is enough evidence to establish that the average age of graduate students at a university is at most 31years

We conclude that the findings are not significant at the 1%level because the sample mean is 32years old.

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