Question

Currently bank customers wait approximately 7.5 minutes during peak hours to be served by a teller. Suppose the bank manager hires another teller and wants to show that the wait time has now decreased. She takes a random sample of 50 customers during peak time and finds that the average wait time is 9.3 minutes. Which of the following statements is the correct alternative hypothesis?a) H1: µ < 7.5b) H1: µ ≠ 7.5c) H1: µ > 7.5d) H1: µ > 9.3e) H1: µ < 9.3

Answer 1

a) H1: µ < 7.5

Explanation:

From the given information:

mean = 7.5

sample size = 50

sample mean = 9.3

The main task we are to carry out is to identify the correct alternative hypothesis:

Now to do that, let's state the null and the alternative hypothesis from the given study.

The null hypothesis can be computed as:

`\mathbf{H_o: \mu \geq 7.5}`

The alternative hypothesis can be computed as:

`\mathbf{H_1: \mu < 7.5}`

Thus, this test hypothesis is a one-tailed test (left tailed).