In: Statistics and Probability
Exercise 1. Given the following null and alternative hypotheses, conduct a hypothesis test using
an alpha equal to 0.05. (Note: The population standard deviations are assumed to be known.)
?0: ?1 – ?2 ≤ 0
?a: ?1− ?2> 0
? = 0.05
The sample means for the two populations are shown as follows:
| 
 Sample 1  | 
 Sample 2  | 
| 
 n1= 40  | 
 n2= 50  | 
| 
 x1= 144  | 
 x2= 129  | 
| 
 s1= 11  | 
 s2= 16  | 
Solution-
The Hypothesis is
H0: u1 – u2 ≤ 0
Ha: u1− u2> 0
Test resuls-


Test results that the null hypothesis H0 : u1 - u2 ≤ 0 is rejected.
Hence u1 is greater than u2.