Question

You want to test whether or not the following sample of 30 observations follows a normal distribution. The mean of the sample equals 11.83 and the standard deviation equals 4.53. 2 3 5 5 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 At the 5% level of significance, the conclusion of the test is that the a. data does not follow a normal distribution. b. null hypothesis cannot be rejected. c. sample data has no probability distribution. d. sample data is incorrect.

Answer 1

b. null hypothesis cannot be rejected.

Explanation:

At the 5% level of significance, the conclusion of the test is that the

The test statistic is 2 and the critical value is 7.815. Since the test statistic is less than the critical value, we can not reject the null hypothesis.