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4.identifying Appropriate Test Statistics

1. The document discusses identifying appropriate test statistics for hypotheses involving population means. It provides examples to determine whether to use a z-test or t-test based on given sample data and information about population variability. 2. Examples are given to demonstrate identifying the needed sample data, population parameters, and test statistics for different problems testing claims about population means. Key concepts like population mean, sample mean, population standard deviation, and sample standard deviation are defined. 3. The last section identifies the appropriate test statistic (z-test or t-test) for different examples, considering whether the population variance is known or unknown. It emphasizes matching the right test statistic based on the available information.

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4.identifying Appropriate Test Statistics

1. The document discusses identifying appropriate test statistics for hypotheses involving population means. It provides examples to determine whether to use a z-test or t-test based on given sample data and information about population variability. 2. Examples are given to demonstrate identifying the needed sample data, population parameters, and test statistics for different problems testing claims about population means. Key concepts like population mean, sample mean, population standard deviation, and sample standard deviation are defined. 3. The last section identifies the appropriate test statistic (z-test or t-test) for different examples, considering whether the population variance is known or unknown. It emphasizes matching the right test statistic based on the available information.

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IDENTIFYING

APPROPRIATE TEST
STATISTICS INVOLVING
POPULATION MEAN
Objectives
◦After going through this module, you are expected to:
◦1. define the statistical concepts related to test concerning means;
◦2. identify the appropriate form of test statistics when:
◦(a) the population variance is assumed to be known;
◦(b) the population variance is assumed to be unknown; and (c) the
Central Limit Theorem is to be used; and
◦3. apply the concepts of test statistic on real-life problems.
Activity 1: Is It Zee or Tee?
Directions: Write the letter “z” if the statement is a characteristic of standard normal distribution and
“t” if the given characteristic describes t-distribution

t
z
z
z
Activity 2: Find Me!
Directions: Determine the needed data for each given problem.

1. A fast food outlet claims that the mean waiting time in line is less than 1.9 minutes. A random sample of
20 customers has a mean of 1.7 minutes with a standard deviation of 0.8 minutes. Test the fast food outlet's
claim at a 0.05 level of significance..
𝜇=1.9 𝑥=1.7 s 𝑛=20 𝛼=0.05
2. The average amount of rainfall during the summer months is 11.52 inches. A researcher in PAG-ASA selects a
random sample of 10 provinces and finds that the average amount of rainfall last year was 7.42 inches with a
standard deviation of 1.3 inches. At 0.01 level of significance, can it be concluded that the mean rainfall last year
was below 11.52 inches?

𝜇=11.52 𝑥=7.42 s 𝑛=10


3. The average number of ad clicks per day for Facebook before was 192,000 and the standard deviation was
100,000. Sixty-four (64) days after the redesign, the mean number of ad clicks per day was 200,000.

𝜇=192,000 𝑥=200,000 𝜎 =100,000 𝑛=64

4. The mean number of close friends for the population of people living in the Philippines is 5. The standard
deviation of scores in this population is 1.2. An investigator predicts that the mean number of close friends for
introverts will be significantly different from the mean of the population. The mean number of close friends for
a sample of 26 introverts is 6.

𝜇=5 𝑥=6 𝜎 =1.2 𝑛=26


5. The average life of typical incandescent bulb is 1,500 hours as claimed by a light bulb company. Thinking that
the average life of bulbs is less than what the company claimed, a client tested a random sample of 55 light bulbs.
The test resulted to sample mean of 1,300 hours and standard deviation of 25 hours. Is there enough evidence to
prove that the average life of the company’s light bulb is less than 1,500 hours?

𝜇=1,500 𝑥=1,300 s n=55


 A population includes all of the elements from a set of data.
 A sample consists of one or more observations drawn from the population.
 Sample mean ( ) is the mean of sample values collected.
 Population mean (µ) is the mean of all the values in the population. If the sample is randomly
selected and sample size is large, then the sample mean would be a good estimate of the population
mean.
 Population standard deviation (𝝈) is a parameter which is a measure of variability with fixed
value calculated from every individual in the population.
 Sample standard deviation (𝒔) is a statistic which means that this measure of variability is
calculated from only some of the individuals in a population.
 Population variance (𝝈𝟐), in the same sense, indicates how the population data points are spread
out. It is the average of the distances from each data point in the population to the mean, squared.
A test statistic is a random variable that is calculated from sample data and used in a hypothesis test. You can
use test statistics to determine whether to reject or accept the null hypothesis. The test statistic compares your
data with what is expected under the null hypothesis
Identify the appropriate test statistic to be used in each problem. And before the number Write the z-
test or t-test.

z-test
__________ 1. The standard deviation of scores on a test of reaction time is 0.23 seconds. If a
a random sample of 250 scores on this test shows a mean of 0.92 seconds, test
the hypothesis that the mean is 1 second at the 0.05 level.
t-test
__________ 2. A tire manufacturer claims that his tires will give good service to car owners for
40,000 miles. To prove this claim, he puts a random sample of 20 tires to the
test. The mean of this sample turns out to be 38,300 miles with a standard
deviation of 2700 miles. Is the manufacturer’s claim is true at 0.01 level?
z-test
_________ 3. The waiting time to be seated at the restaurant has a population standard
deviation of 10 minutes. An expensive restaurant claims that the average
waiting time for dinner is approximately 1 hour, but we suspect that this claim is
inflated to make the restaurant appear more exclusive and successful. A
random sample of 30 customers yielded a sample average waiting time of 50
minutes.

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