MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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Author: Amos Gilat
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A large company that produces allergy medications claims that Americans lose an average of 40 hours of work to problems related to seasonal allergies. A consumer advocacy group believes that company's claim exhibits self-interest bias. In other words, the advocacy group believes that the actual mean number of missed hours is less than claimed. The advocacy group would like to obtain statistical evidence about this issue and takes a random sample of 100 American workers. They find that these 100 people lost and average of 38 hours due to seasonal allergy symptoms. The standard deviation is 9.5 hours.

(c) Based on your selection from part (b), what is the value of the standardized test statistic for this significance test?

 

 

 

 

(d) Based on your selection from part (b), what is the P-value for this significance test?

 

 

 

 

(e) What is the correct decision for this test, using a 0.05 level of signifcance?

    

     A) Reject the null hypothesis

     B) Do not reject the null hypothesis

 

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(f) Give the conclusion in the context of the problem using a complete sentence.

 

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