In: Statistics and Probability
Your boastful roommate claims that fans for the Chicago
Bears (the city’s football team) are simply...
- Your boastful roommate claims that fans for the Chicago
Bears (the city’s football team) are simply more intelligent than
the average person. With your newly-developed statistical tools,
you decide to put this hypothesis to the test. You know that the
standard intelligence quotient (IQ) score has a population mean of
100 with a standard deviation of 15. You find that a random sample
of 121 Bears fans has an average IQ score of 103. Use this evidence
to test your roommate’s argument that Bears fans are more
intelligent than the general population.
- (1 point) In symbols or words, what is the null hypothesis for
this test? _____________
- (1 point) In symbols or words, what is the alternative
hypothesis for this test? _______
- (1 point) Is this a one-sided or two-sided test? How do you
know? _________________
- (1 point) Will you use a z-test or a t-test in this situation?
Why? ___________________
- (1 point) What is the critical value of the test statistic
given an α level of 0.05? ______
- (2 points) What is the value of the test statistic calculated
from the sample results?
- (2 points) What is your decision about the null hypothesis, and
what does this indicate about the intelligence of Bears fans
relative to the average person?________________
- (3 points) Would your decision be different if you used an
alpha level of .01? Explain.