Determine the critical value for a left tailed test of a population mean at the a=0.005 level of significance based on a sample size of n=30.

Is narcissism a more common personality trait today than it was a few decades ago?  It is known that the mean population score on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) for students attending University of South Alabama around 20 years ago was μ= 15 (Twenge, 2010).  Interested in the narcissism levels of students in the year 2020, a researcher administers the NPI to a random sample of 25 University of Alabama sophomores this Spring term. The mean NPI score from the researcher’s sample of sophomores is M = 16.5, with s = 3.4. 1. Write the null and alternative hypotheses in symbols. Possible symbols for your answer: H0, H1, μ, M, σ. 2. Calculate the standard error.  3. Find the critical value for the test statistic, assuming alpha = .05 (Use largest [i.e., most conservative] value if exact value not given in the chart)  a) 2.064 b) 1.96 c) 1.98 d) 2.000

Bone mineral density (BMD) is a measure of bone strength. Studies show that BMD declines after age 45. The impact of exercise may increase BMD. A random sample of 59 women between the ages of 41 and 45 with no major health problems were studied. The women were classified into one of two groups based upon their level of exercise activity: walking women and sedentary women. The 39 women who walked regularly had a mean BMD of 5.96 with a standard deviation of 1.22. The 20 women who are sedentary had a mean BMD of 4.41 with a standard deviation of 1.02. Which of the following inference procedures could be used to estimate the difference in the mean BMD for these two types of women

For an upper-tail test at the 1% significance level, what is the appropriate critical value when a sample of size 28 is drawn from a normal population with unknown standard deviation?

Opposing a random sample of size and equal 16A sample average of 185 it is observed the P value of the sample statistic is

In a hypothesis test for the population variance, the alternate hypothesis is the population variance doesn't equal 17.0. The significance level to be used is 0.05 and the sample size to be taken is 25. The table value(s) to use from the chi-square distribution is/are     12.401 and 39.364. 13.181 39.364 40.671

A researcher wants to measure average cardiovascular health of university students and compare those scores to the average scores in the general population. Assuming that population variance is known, what statistical test is most appropriate for this study?        independent-samples t-test     single-sample t-test     z-test for sample mean     related-samples t-test