In: Statistics and Probability
Watch Corporation of Switzerland claims that its watches on average will neither gain nor lose time during a week. A sample of 18 watches provided the following gains (+) or losses (−) in seconds per week.
−0.30 | −0.27 | −0.34 | −0.25 | +0.31 | −0.20 | +0.36 | +0.24 | −0.19 |
−0.40 | −0.49 | −0.55 | −0.55 | −0.67 | −0.03 | −0.23 | −0.54 | +0.08 |
State the null hypothesis and the alternate hypothesis.
State the decision rule for 0.02 significance level. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
Compute the value of the test statistic. (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
Is it reasonable to conclude that the mean gain or loss in time for the watches is 0? Use the 0.02 significance level.
Estimate the p-value.
State the null hypothesis and the alternate hypothesis :
null hypothesis: | μ | = | 0 | |
Alternate Hypothesis: | μ | ≠ | 0 |
decision rule for 0.02 significance level : reject Ho if t >2.567 or t<-2.567
value of the test statistic =-3.080
p value =0.007
reject Ho