MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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Author: Amos Gilat
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Medical School Applications A medical college dean read that the average number of applications a potential medical school student sends is 7.7. She thinks that the mean is lower than 

7.7. So she selects a random sample of 28 applicants and asks each how many medical schools they applied to. The mean of the sample is 6.8. The population standard deviation is 2.5 . Test her claim at α=0.10. Assume that the variable is normally distributed. Use the P -value method with tables.

State the hypotheses and identify the claim.

 

:H0  ▼(Choose one)
:H1 ▼(Choose one)

This hypothesis test is a ▼(Choose one)

test.



 
 
 

Compute the test value. Always round z  score values to at least two decimal places. z=

Find the P-value. Round the answer to at least four decimal places. P-value=

Make the decision.

▼(Choose one) the null hypothesis.
 
 
 

Summarize the results.

There is ▼(Choose one) that the average number of applications a potential medical school student sends is lower than 
7.7
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