Question

The claim that the mean amount of sleep for adults is less than 7 hours. Choose the correct statement about null and alternative hypothesis.

a) H0: µ > 7 hours (null hypothesis)
H1: µ < 7 hours (alternative hypothesis and original claim)
b) H0: µ = 7 hours (null hypothesis)
H1: µ < 7 hours (alternative hypothesis and original claim)
H2: µ > 7 hours (second alternative hypothesis and original claim)
c) H0: µ = 7 hours (null hypothesis)
H1: µ < 7 hours (alternative hypothesis and original claim)
d) H0: µ < 7 hours (null hypothesis)
H1: µ ≥≥ 7 hours (alternative hypothesis and original claim)

Answer 1

c) H0: µ = 7 hours (null hypothesis)

H1: µ < 7 hours (alternative hypothesis and original claim)

Explanation:

The hypothesis test is performed in order to see if a sample outcome gives evidence to reject a null hypothesis and support the researchers claim.

In this case, the claim is that the mean amount of sleep for adults is less than 7 hours.

For this claim, the alternative hypothesis will state the researcher's claim: the mean amount of sleep for adults is significantly less than 7 hours.

The null hypothesis will state the opposite: the mean amount of sleep for adults is not significantly less than 7 hours. In this case, it is the same to claim that the mean amount is 7 hours.

Then, the null and alternative hypothesis are:

`H_0: \mu=7\\\\H_a:\mu< 7`