A recent study of business travelers claims they spend an average of $41.00 per day on meals.  As a test of this claim, a random sampling of 16 business travelers found they had spent an average of $45.00 per day with a sample standard deviation of $3.65. Use hypothesis testing to verify if there is enough evidence to reject this claim with α = 0.05 by answering the following questions? Is the z-test or t-test used? Answer 1 What is the null hypothesis? Answer 2 What is the alternative hypothesis? Answer 3 What is the test statistic? Answer 4 What is the range of the p-value? Answer 5 Is there enough evidence to reject the claim that travelers spend on average $41.00 on meals per day. Answer 6

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A recent study of business travelers claims they spend an average of $41.00 per day on meals.  As a test of this claim, a random sampling of 16 business travelers found they had spent an average of $45.00 per day with a sample standard deviation of $3.65. Use hypothesis testing to verify if there is enough evidence to reject this claim with α = 0.05 by answering the following questions?

Is the z-test or t-test used?

Answer 1

What is the null hypothesis?

Answer 2

What is the alternative hypothesis?

Answer 3

What is the test statistic?

Answer 4

What is the range of the p-value?

Answer 5

Is there enough evidence to reject the claim that travelers spend on average $41.00 on meals per day.

Answer 6
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