Question

A researcher conducted a hypothesis test to see if students on average spend more than 1 hour per homework assignment. The level of significance, a, selected was 0.05. This means that if on average they do spend exactly 1 hour per assignment, then there is a 5% chance that the erroneous conclusion will be made that students spend on average more than 1 hour per assignment.

a. Trueb. False

Answer 1

a. True

Explanation:

By ∝= 5% we mean that there are about 5 chances in 100 of incorrectly rejecting a true null hypothesis. To put it in another way , we say that we are 95% confident in making the correct decision.

In the given question the null hypothesis is

H0: u ≤ 1 hour and Ha: u > 1 hour

So there is a 5% chance that the erroneous conclusion will be made that students spend on average more than 1 hour per assignment.

The given statement is true.