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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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Author:Amos Gilat

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Cigarette Smoking A researcher found that a cigarette smoker smokes on average 30 cigarettes a day. She feels that this average is too low. She selected a random sample of 11 smokers and found that the mean number of cigarettes they smoked per day was 31. The sample standard deviation was 2.6. At =α0.10, is there enough evidence to support her claim? Assume that the population is approximately normally distributed. Use the critical value method and tables.

(a)State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

(b)Find the critical value.

(c)Compute the test value.

(d)Make the decision.

(e)Summarize the results.

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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