Graded Worksheet E3

Name: ________________

This needs to be completed and emailed to burelle@hartford.edu by the due date

announced in Course Compass.
For each problem: (1) Write the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis; (2) Perform a hypothesis
test using StatCrunch, and report the test statistic and P-value; (3) Do you reject the null hypothesis
(YES/NO)?
1. The birth weights (in kilograms) are recorded for a sample of male babies born to mothers taking a
special vitamin supplement (based on data from the New York State Department of Health). Given the
sample size is 16, with mean of 3.675 kg and standard deviation of 0.657, test the claim using a 0.01
significance level that the mean birth weight for all male babies of mothers given vitamins is equal to 3.39
kg, which is the mean for the population of all males babies.

2. A manufacturer states that the average lifetime of its light bulbs is 3 years or 36 months. A
consumer group thinks they exaggerate. They select fifty bulbs, and the average lifetime is found to be 32
months with the standard deviation of 8 months. Should the manufacturers statement be rejected at =
0.01?

3. A national magazine claims that the average college student watches less television than the
general public. The national average is 29.4 hours per week. A sample of 30 college students has mean 27
hours and standard deviation 2 hours. Is there evidence to support the claim at = 0.01?

4. Heather Carielli is a former student who earned a Masters degree in statistics. When she
randomly selected 16 new textbooks in the college bookstore, she found that they had prices with a mean of
$70.41 and a standard deviation of $19.70. Is there sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of a claim in the
college catalog that the mean price of a textbook at this college is $75? Use = 0.05.