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It Is Claimed That Automobiles Are Driven On Average More Than 2

The document describes testing a claim that automobiles are driven on average more than 20,000 kilometers per year using a sample of 100 automobiles. The sample average was 23,500 km with a standard deviation of 3,900 km. Using a z-test at a 5% significance level, the p-value is approximately 0 so the null hypothesis that the average is 20,000 km or less is rejected in favor of the alternative.

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It Is Claimed That Automobiles Are Driven On Average More Than 2

The document describes testing a claim that automobiles are driven on average more than 20,000 kilometers per year using a sample of 100 automobiles. The sample average was 23,500 km with a standard deviation of 3,900 km. Using a z-test at a 5% significance level, the p-value is approximately 0 so the null hypothesis that the average is 20,000 km or less is rejected in favor of the alternative.

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Math Statistics and Probability Statistical hypothesis testing

It is claimed that automobiles are driven on average


more than 20,000 kilometers per year. To...

Question:

It is claimed that automobiles are driven on average more than 20,000 kilometers per year. To test this claim, 100
randomly selected automobile owners are asked to keep a record of the kilometers they travel. Would you agree
with this claim if the random sample showed an average of 23,500 kilometers and a standard deviation of 3,900
kilometers? Use a P-value in your conclusion.

Testing of Hypothesis:

Hypothesis testing is a way to check whether the claim made is valid or not for the entire population based on the
given sample. In this problem, we will test a claim about mean driving distance per year.

Answer and Explanation: 1

Let X be the kilometers covered by the automobile in a year.

Given X 2
∼ N (μ, σ ) where σ is not known; sample standard deviation s=3900 and n (the sample size) = 100
σ
⇒ X̄ ∼ N (μ, )
√n

Note: For a symmetric distribution n ≥ 30 is considered large and in such cases we use the z-test, otherwise we
would use the t-test

Now since, σ is not known, we use its estimate i.e σ


^ = S

To test : H0 : μ = 20000 against H1 : μ > 20000

We reject H0 in favour of the alternative hypothesis if the p-value is less than the predefined level of significance α
.

The Z test is given by:

X−μ 23500−20000
Z = s ∼ N (0, 1) ⇒ Z = 3900
∼ N (0, 1) ⇒ Z = 8.97
√n 10

P-value = P(Z=8.97) is approximately 0.

Since p-value is less than α = 0.05, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the automobiles are driven on
average of more than 20,000 kms per year.
Here since α is not given, we assume it to be at 5%.
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