MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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5. According to data from the Environmental Protection Agency, the average
daily water consumption for a household of four people in the United States
is approximately at least 243 gallons. Suppose a state agency plans to test
this claim using an alpha level equal to 0.05 and a random sample of 100
households with four people.
a) State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses.
b) Calculate the probability of committing a Type II error if the true
population mean is 230 gallons. Assume that the population standard
deviation is known to be 40 gallons.
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Transcribed Image Text:5. According to data from the Environmental Protection Agency, the average daily water consumption for a household of four people in the United States is approximately at least 243 gallons. Suppose a state agency plans to test this claim using an alpha level equal to 0.05 and a random sample of 100 households with four people. a) State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses. b) Calculate the probability of committing a Type II error if the true population mean is 230 gallons. Assume that the population standard deviation is known to be 40 gallons.
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