Question

Q1. Consider the population of adult female residents in Melbourne. (Given the implausibility of the numbers provided below – maybe you would prefer to think of the population as that of planet Jupiter rather than Melbourne). Our focus is on the population mean height. Let height be called X. Assume we know ? (population standard deviation) is 25, but we do not know the population mean, µ. We take a sample of adult female residents in Melbourne (n=100) and calculate the sample mean height as 70 cm.

a) Using the above information draw a clearly labelled diagram illustrating the distribution of X. Mark the two points that contain exactly 95% of the distribution of X. Can you show the position of X= 70? Explain.

b) Redraw the above diagram now assuming that µ=120. Mark the two points that contain exactly 95% of the distribution of X. Can you now show the position of X= 70? Explain.

c) Is 70 a long way away from 120? Explain clearly and precisely with reference to your diagram.

d) Now test the null hypothesis that µ=120, against the alternative that µ≠120. Use a 5% level of significance.

Answer 1