In: Statistics and Probability
Randomly selected 2929
student cars have ages with a mean of 77 years and a standard
deviation of 3.43.4 years, while randomly selected 1515 faculty
cars have ages with a mean of 5.95.9 years and a standard deviation
of 3.73.7 years.
1. Use a 0.010.01 significance level to test the claim that student
cars are older than faculty cars.
(a) The null hypothesis is
H0:μs=μfH0:μs=μf. What
is the alternate hypothesis?
A.
HA:μs<μfHA:μs<μf
B.
HA:μs≠μfHA:μs≠μf
C.
HA:μs>μfHA:μs>μf
(b) The test statistic is
(c) The p-value is
(d) Is there sufficient evidence to support the claim that
student cars are older than faculty cars?
A. Yes
B. No
a) Option - C) HA:
b) The test statistic t = ()/sqrt(s1^2/n1 + s2^2/n2)
= (7 - 5.9)/sqrt((3.4)^2/29 + (3.7)^2/15)
= 0.961
c) df = (s1^2/n1 + s2^2/n2)^2/((s1^2/n1)^2/(n1 - 1) + (s2^2/n2)^2/(n2 - 1)
= ((3.4)^2/29 + (3.7)^2/15)^2/(((3.4)^2/29)^2/28 + ((3.7)^2/15)^2/14)
= 26
P-value = P(T > 0.961)
= 1 - P(T < 0.961)
= 1 - 0.8273 = 0.1727
d) Since the P-value is greater than the significance level(0.1727 > 0.01), so we should not reject H0.
Option - B) No, there is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the student cars are older than faculty cars.