In: Statistics and Probability
The accompanying data table lists the weights of male college students in kilograms. Test the claim that male college students have a mean weight that is less than the 84 kg mean weight of males in the general population. Use a 0.05 significance level. Identify the null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, test statistic, P-value, and conclusion for the test. Assume this is a simple random sample.
Person Weight
1 75
2 97
3 74
4 93
5 59
6 71
7 67
8 92
9 67
10 69
11 87
12 81
13 60
14 70
15 68
16 68
17 80
18 64
19 54
20 73
21 77
22 74
23 74
24 63
25 64
26 64
27 66
28 71
29 65
30 75
31 74
32 94