Question

A recent national survey found that parents read an average (mean) of 10 books per month to their children under five years old. The population standard deviation is 5. The distribution of books read per month follows the normal distribution. A random sample of 25 households revealed that the mean number of books read last month was 12. At the .01 significance level, can we conclude that parents read more than the average number of books to their children

Answer 1

Explanation:

Null hypothesis: u = 10

Alternative hypothesis: u =/ 10

Using the formula: t = (x - u) / (s /√n)

Where x = 12, u = 10, s = 5 and n = 25

t= (12-10) / (5/√25)

t = (2)/(5/5)

t = 2/1= 2

t = 2.0

At a 0.01 level of significance with a degree of freedom of 24, the p-value is 0.0569, which is greater than 0.01 we will fail to reject the null and conclude that parents do not read more than the average number of books to their children