TESTING HYPOTHESIS

ABOUT ONE SAMPLE

MEAN
DR. ALICE D. DIOQUINO
Ifa researcher wants to compare the
mean of one sample with a hypothesized
population value, he or she should use
one-sample Z-test or the one-sample t-
test.
The selection will be based on the
assumptions underlying the tests.
To test whether the sample mean is
greater than the hypothesized population
value.
To test whether the sample mean is less
than the hypothesized population value.
To test whether the sample mean is not
equal to the hypothesized population
value.

Three objectives of the researcher

Objectives 1 and 2 are
associated with directional or
one-tailed tests.
Objective 3 is associated with a
non-directional or two-tailed
test.
Sample Research Problem
The increase in the number of children who are
schooled at home has stimulated numerous research
questions regarding the characteristics of these
children. One such question is related to their level of
intelligence. Do home-schooled children possess the
same average level of intelligence as other children?
It might be assumed that parents who decide to
educate their children at home are fairly bright, and
that their children in turn, are also fairly bright. A
researcher who was interested in this question
randomly selected 12 seven-year-olds who were being
home-schooled and administered to each child the
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). The
published norms for the WISC indicate that the scores
for the population are normally distributed with a
mean equal to 100 and sd equal to 15.
Is the mean score on the WISC for seven-
year-old home-schooled significantly
different from the population mean of
100?

Research Question
H0 = There is no significant difference in
the mean score of the sample to the
population mean.
 H1= The mean score for home-schooled
children is less than 100.
H2= The mean score for home-schooled
children is greater than 100.

HYPOTHESeS
Observations are independent of one
another.
The observations are randomly sampled
from the population
Observations are normally distributed
from the population
The population variance, ơ2, is known

ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE

Z-TEST
ONE-SAMPLE Z TEST
Sample Mean 106.0833
Hypothesized population mean 100
population standard deviation 15
Count 12
Standard Error of the mean 4.330127
Z 1.404886
Alpha 0.05
Probability one-tailed 0.080028
Z critical one-tailed 1.644854
Probability two-tailed 0.160055
Z critical two-tailed 1.959964
INTERPRETING THE OUTPUT
The one-tailed test is not statistically
significant because the obtained Z
(1.404886) is not greater than the critical
Z (1.644853)
The two-tailed test is not also statistically
significant because obtained Z (1.404886)
is less than the critical Z (1.959961)

CONCLUSIONS
ACCEPT H0 that there is no significant
difference in the WISC mean score of the
seven-year-olds in this study to the
population mean.