In: Statistics and Probability
The domestic airfare for business travel for the current year and the previous year was reported. A sample of 12 flights with their domestic airfares shown for both years is contained in the Excel Online file below. Construct a spreadsheet to answer the following questions.
| Current Year | Previous Year |
| 552 | 399 |
| 447 | 498 |
| 525 | 543 |
| 480 | 312 |
| 555 | 588 |
| 537 | 243 |
| 384 | 342 |
| 420 | 288 |
| 387 | 411 |
| 315 | 450 |
| 249 | 498 |
| 345 | 486 |
a. Formulate the hypotheses and test for a significant increase in the mean domestic airfare for business travel for the one-year period.
_________<>≤≥=≠
_________<>≤≥=≠
What are the -value, degrees of freedom, and -value
| t-value | (to 4 decimals) |
| Degrees of freedom | |
| p-value | (to 4 decimals) |
Using a .05 level of significance, what is your conclusion?
We _________can concludecannot conclude that there has been a significance increase in business travel airfares over the one-year period.
b. What is the sample mean domestic airfare for business travel for each year?
| Current Year: | $ (to 2 decimals) |
| Previous Year: | $ (to 2 decimals) |
c. What is the percentage change in the airfare for the one-year period?
% (to 2 decimals)