The Guidance Counselor Department of T.I.P. would like to conduct a study to determine how long it takes its graduates to find a job in his/her chosen field.  A sample of 35 students was surveyed and found out that the average time a graduate to find a job is 3.5 months, with a standard deviation of 1.5 months.  Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the graduates of T.I.P. take on the average more than three months  to find a job at 10% level of significance? a. Show the range of the average time a graduate finds a job.            b.  Can we use p- value approach to test the claim? If so, justify.            c. Comparing your answer in b, do you come up with the same conclusion in accepting or rejecting the claim? Justify

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The Guidance Counselor Department of T.I.P. would like to conduct a study to determine how long it takes its graduates to find a job in his/her chosen field.  A sample of 35 students was surveyed and found out that the average time a graduate to find a job is 3.5 months, with a standard deviation of 1.5 months.  Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the graduates of T.I.P. take on the average more than three months  to find a job at 10% level of significance?

a. Show the range of the average time a graduate finds a job.           

b.  Can we use p- value approach to test the claim? If so, justify.           

c. Comparing your answer in b, do you come up with the same conclusion in accepting or rejecting the claim? Justify.               

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