Question

A study by researchers at a university addressed the question of whether the mean body temperature of an animal is 98 6°F Among other data, the researchers obtained the body temperatures of 109 healthy animals. Suppose you want to use those data to decide whether the mean body temperature of healthy animals is less than 98.6°F.

Required:
a. Determine the null hypothesis
b. Determine the alternative hypothesis

Answer 1

H0 : μ ≥ 98.6

H1 : μ < 98.6

Explanation:

The population mean temperature, μ = 98.6

The null hypothesis takes up the value of the population mean temperature as the initial truth ;

The alternative hypothesis on the other hand is aimed at using a sample size of 109 to establish if the mean temperature is less than the population mean temperature.

The hypothesis ;

Null hypothesis, H0 : μ ≥ 98.6

Alternative hypothesis ; H1 : μ < 98.6