Answer:
Explanation:
The question is incomplete. The complete question is:
The mean annual tuition and fees for a sample of 15 private colleges was $35,500 with a standard deviation of $6500. A dotplot shows that it is reasonable to assume that the population is approximately normal. You wish to test whether the mean tuition and fees for private colleges is different from $32,500. State the null and alternate hypotheses. A) H0: 4 = 32,500, H:4=35,500 C) H: 4 = 35,500, H7:35,500 B) H: 4 = 32,500, H : 4 # 32,500 D) H0:41 # 32,500, H : 4 = 32,500
Solution
We would set up the hypothesis test. This is a test of a single population mean since we are dealing with mean
For the null hypothesis,
H0: µ = 32500
For the alternative hypothesis,
Ha: µ ≠ 32500
This is a two tailed test.
Since the number of samples is small and the population standard deviation is not given, the distribution is a student's t.
Since n = 15,
Degrees of freedom, df = n - 1 = 15 - 1 = 14
t = (x - µ)/(s/√n)
Where
x = sample mean = 35500
µ = population mean = 32500
s = samples standard deviation = 6500
t = (35500 - 32500)/(6500/√15) = 1.79
We would determine the p value using the t test calculator. It becomes
p = 0.095
Assuming alpha = 0.05
Since alpha, 0.05 < than the p value, 0.095, then we would fail to reject the null hypothesis.