In: Statistics and Probability
The following data represent the daily rental cost for a compact automobile charged by two car rental companies, Thrifty and Hertz, in 10 randomly selected major U.S. cities. Test whether Thrifty is less expensive than Hertz at the α = 0.1 level of significance.
City | Thrifty | Hertz |
Chicago | 21.81 | 18.99 |
Los Angeles | 29.89 | 48.99 |
Houston | 17.90 | 19.99 |
Orlando | 27.98 | 35.99 |
Boston | 24.61 | 25.60 |
Seattle | 21.96 | 22.99 |
Pittsburgh | 20.90 | 19.99 |
Phoenix | 47.75 | 36.99 |
New Orleans | 33.81 | 26.99 |
Minneapolis | 33.49 | 20.99 |
Conditions:
In Minitab Express, enter the given data in two separate columns,
use DATA -> Formula to calculate the differences
di as d = Thrifty -
Hertz, and perform a normality test on the resulting
differences.
a_ The P-value from the Anderson-Darling test of normality is ______. (Do not round.)
b) The necessary conditions for the paired t-test ______(are / are not) satisfied.
c) We are performing a -tailed ________(right /
left / two) test.
d) The appropriate critical value(s) for this test is/are_______ . (Report critical values as they appear in the table. If there are two critical values, list them both with only a single space between them. Remember to practice sketching the rejection region.)
City | Thrifty | Hertz | d |
Chicago | 21.81 | 18.99 | 2.82 |
Los Angeles | 29.89 | 48.99 | -19.1 |
Houston | 17.9 | 19.99 | -2.09 |
Orlando | 27.98 | 35.99 | -8.01 |
Boston | 24.61 | 25.6 | -0.99 |
Seattle | 21.96 | 22.99 | -1.03 |
Pittsburgh | 20.9 | 19.99 | 0.91 |
Phoenix | 47.75 | 36.99 | 10.76 |
New Orleans | 33.81 | 26.99 | 6.82 |
Minneapolis | 33.49 | 20.99 | 12.5 |
a) The P-value from the Anderson-Darling test of normality is 0.516.
b) The necessary conditions for the paired t-test are satisfied.
c) We are performing a -tailed left test.
d) The appropriate critical value(s) for this test is - 1.8331.
The critical value -1.8331 is less than the t-value 0.09. Hence, we can conclude that Thrifty is not less expensive than Hertz at the α = 0.1 level of significance.