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Let X 1 , X 2 , ... , X 11 be a sample of observations from a normal population

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Question

Let

X1,X2, ... ,X11

be a sample of observations from a normal population with unknown mean and unknown standard deviation . Suppose the sample mean is x and the sample standard deviation is s. We wish to test the null hypothesis H0:=9 against the alternative Ha:>9. Our test statistic will be T =

. Our sample yields x = 9.75 and s = 1.51. Answer the following using R code.

a)If xbar = 9.75 and s = 1.51 then what is the value of T? 1
b) What type of distribution does T have?

Binomial t     Normal exponential


c) If we test at the 4% level then what is the critical value? 3

d) What is the p-value based upon our sample? 4

e) Do we reject the null hypothesis at the 4% level ?(Y/N)?

N Y   



f) If we repeat a 4% level test 300 times then about how many times do we expect to commit a type(I) error? 6

x 9 s/ 11

Explanation / Answer

a) T has value 1.64733

b) T has t distribution with 10 degrees of freedom

c) critical value is 19.02074

d) p value is 0.5611

e) T is below critical value so we do not reject null hypothesis at 4% level

f) A 4% level test has a type 1 error probability of 4%.So in 300 times we expect to have a type 1 error 12 times.

R-Code

xbar=9.75
mu=9
s=1.51
n=11
T=(xbar-mu)/(s/sqrt(n))
df=10
level=0.04
critical=qchisq(1-0.04,10)
pvalue=pchisq(T,2)