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Instructions: For the following ten exercises,
Hypothesis testing: For the following ten exercises, answer each question.
 State the null and alternate hypotheses.
 State the p-value.
. State alpha.
. What is your decision?
 Write a conclusion.
 Answer any other questions asked in the problem.
A report by the Gallup Poll found that a woman visits her doctor, on average, at most  times each year. A random sample of  women results in these yearly visit totals 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

We are given to use a right-tailed test. That’s why the alternative hypothesis has sign. Reject the null hypothesis if .

The sample of women results is given as follows:

The null hypothesis states that the mean is less than or equal to  visits per year.

In symbols:

 

The alternative hypothesis states that the mean is higher than visits per year. In symbols:

 

The following procedure is used with the software,  to at the conclusion:

Step-by-step procedure to obtain the test statistic and value using the  calculator:

 

  • Press Stat > EDIT > Edit.
  • Enter data in L1.
  • Press Stat > TESTS > 2: T-Test…
  • Enter data as shown below:

  • Highlight Calculate and press enter.

Output using the calculator is given below:

Since the null hypothesis is not rejected, we cannot conclude that mean is higher than visits per yea

 

 

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