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An oceanographer claims that the mean dive duration of a North Atlantic right whale is
normally distributed.
11.5
minutes. A random sample of
36
dive durations has a mean of
12.4
minutes and a standard deviation of
2.2
minutes. At
alphaαequals=0.05
is there enough evidence to reject the oceanographer's claim? Complete parts (a) through (d) below. Assume the population is (a) Identify the claim and state
Upper H 0H0
and
Upper H Subscript aHa.
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less than<
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(Type integers or decimals. Do not round.)
The claim is the
hypothesis.
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alternative
(b) Use technology to find the P-value. Find the standardized test statistic, t.
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(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
Obtain the P-value.
Pequals=(Blank)
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)
(c) Decide whether to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis.
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Reject
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because the P-value
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is not
alphaα.
(d) Interpret the decision in the context of the original claim.
There
enough evidence at the
the claim that the mean dive duration of a North Atlantic right whale is
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level of significance to
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support
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greater than or equal to
greater than
less than or equal to
not equal to
nothing
minutes.(Type integers or decimals. Do not round.)
Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes.
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