Question

For a certain brand of tomato seeds, the seed package claims that it takes 87 days after planting for the tomato plants to produce fruit. Sarah, a botanist, wanted to know whether the mean number of days for the plants to produce fruit where she lives is different from 87 days. She planted 40 seeds and recorded the number of days for each plant to produce fruit. With all conditions for inference met, the hypothesis test was conducted at the significance level a = 0.05, and the test resulted in a p-value of 0.0752. ?

Which of the following is a correct conclusion?
A. Sarah has convincing statistical evidence to conclude that the population mean number of days for the plants to produce fruit is greater than 87 days.
B. Sarah has convincing statistical evidence to conclude that the population mean number of days for the plants to produce fruit is different from 87 days.
C. Sarah does not have convincing statistical evidence to conclude that the population mean number of days for the plants to produce fruit is greater than 87 days.
D. Sarah does not have convincing statistical evidence to conclude that the population mean number of days for the plants to produce fruit is different from 87 days.
E. Sarah does not have convincing statistical evidence to conclude that the population mean number of days for the plants to produce fruit is equal to 87 days.

Answer 1

D. Sarah does not have convincing statistical evidence to conclude that the population mean number of days for the plants to produce fruit is different from 87 days.

Explanation:

The population mean, μ is given as 87

This population value is used to state the Null hypothesis ;

H0 : μ = 87

The alternative hypothesis is the opposite of the Null ; and hence, claims that the mean is different from the population mean, μ ≠ 87

H1: μ ≠ 87

The Decison level :

When Pvalue < α ; We reject the Null otherwise we fail to reject the null

The given p and α value :

P-value = 0.0752

α = 0.05

0.075 > 0.05 ; Hence ;

Pvalue > α ; We fail to reject the Null

We can thus conclude that there is not enough evidence to conclude that the population mean number of days for the plants to produce fruit is different from 87 days.