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Sagun, Jhay A.

BSED-MATH 3-2
STAT 3247
Exercise 5
Hypothesis Testing Concerning One Sample

Instruction: Answer the following questions based on the R outputs. Write the hypothesis, the test to
use, decision rule, decision, and conclusion.

1. A high school principal claims that the average time students spend on homework per
week is 10 hours. A sample of 50 students reports an average of 9.5 hours with a standard
deviation of 2 hours. Test the principal's claim at a 5% significance level.

Hypotheses: Ho: μ = 10 (claim) Ha: μ≠10

Test Statistic: One Sample t-test

Decision Rule: Reject Ho if p-value < α=0.05.

Decision: Since 0.03727 < 0.05, we reject Ho.

Conclusion: At 0.5 level of significance, there is enough evidence to reject the claim that
the average time students spend on homework per week is 10 hours.

2. An educational researcher claims that the average reading speed of high school students
is 250 words per minute. To test this claim, she collects data from 8 students, who read
at the following speeds (in words per minute): 240, 255, 260, 245, 250, 265, 255, 250.
Test if the average reading speed is significantly different from 250 words per minute
using a one-sample t-test at a 5% significance level.

Hypotheses: Ho: μ = 250 (claim) Ha: μ ≠ 250

Test Statistic: One Sample t-test

Decision Rule: Reject Ho if p-value < α=0.05

Decision: Since 0.4071 > 0.05, we failed to reject Ho.

Conclusion: At 0.05 level of significance, there is not enough evidence to reject the claim
that the average reading speed of high school students is 250 words per
minute.
3. A university professor believes that the median number of hours students spend studying
each week is 15 hours. A sample of 20 students reports the following study hours per week: 16, 14,
18, 15, 12, 19, 14, 16, 15, 17, 14, 18, 13, 12, 16, 15, 19, 17, 13, 14. Test the professor’s claim at a 5%
significance level using a Sign Test.

Hypotheses: Ho: Median = 15 (claim) vs. Ha: Median ≠ 15

Test Statistic: Sign Test / Exact Binomial Test

Decision Rule: Reject Ho if p-value < α=0.05

Decision: Since p-value > 0.05, we failed to reject Ho.

Conclusion: At 0.05 level of significance, there is not enough evidence to reject the claim that
the median number of hours students spend studying each week is 15 hours.

4. A researcher claims that the median number of students in a classroom is at least 30. A sample
of 25 classrooms shows the following number of students: 29, 31, 30, 28, 32, 33, 30, 27, 31, 34,
29, 30, 30, 33, 32, 28, 31, 30, 30, 29, 33, 32, 30, 31, 32. Test the claim that the median number
of students is at least 30 at a 5% significance level using the Sign Test.

Hypotheses: Ho: Median ≥ 30 vs. Ha: Median < 30

Test Statistic: Sign Test / Exact Binomial Test

Decision Rule: Reject Ho if p-value < α=0.05

Decision: Since p-value > 0.05, we failed to reject Ho.

Conclusion: At 0.05 level of significance, there is not enough evidence to reject the claim that
the median number of students in a classroom is at least 30.

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