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Use the following information to answer the next seven exercises: Suppose that a recent article stated that the mean time spent in jail by a first-time convicted burglar is 2.5years. A study was then done to see if the mean time has increased in the new century. A random sample of 26first-time convicted burglars in a recent year was picked. The mean length of time in jail from the survey was three years with a standard deviation of 1.8years. Suppose that it is somehow known that the population standard deviation is 1.5. Conduct a hypothesis test to determine if the mean length of jail time has increased. Assume the distribution of the jail times is approximately normal.

State the distribution to use for the hypothesis test.

Short Answer

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We use the normal distribution for the hypothesis test since the population and sample data are regularly distributed.

Step by step solution

01

Given information

A first-time convicted burglar spends 2.5 years in prison on average. A random sample of 26 first-time burglars was chosen, with a mean sentence length of 3years and a variance of 1.8years. The variance in the population is 1.5.

02

Explanation

A sample of data from the largest population is usually used for the hypothesis test. This test is used to generate results from sample data based on a hypothesis.

The null hypothesis argues that the two variables have no statistical relationship. The alternative hypothesis suggests that the two variables have a significant relationship.

In the example above, the population and sample data are both normally distributed, and the population standard deviation is provided. As a result, random variable Xwill have a normal distribution.

X~N2.5,1.526

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