Question

The average age of Iowa residents is 37 years. Amy believes that the average age in her hometown in Iowa is not equal to this average and decided to sample 30 citizens in her neighborhood.Using the alternative hypothesis that µ ≠ 531, Amy found a t-test statistic of 1.311.What is the p-value of the test statistic?

Answer 1

The p-value of the test is 0.2.

Explanation:

Using the alternative hypothesis that µ ≠ 531, Amy found a t-test statistic of 1.311.

Alternative hypothesis means that e have a two-tailed hypothesis test.

Sample 30 citizens. Amy found a t-test statistic of 1.311.What is the p-value of the test statistic?

Thus, we have a two-tailed test with 30 - 1 = 29 degrees of freedom and t = 1.311. So, using a t-distribution calculator, the p-value of the test is 0.2.