In: Statistics and Probability
Meaghan wants to study her friends’ drinking habits. Meaghan knows that people drink, on average, 0.6 alcoholic beverages per day, with standard deviation 0.5. Meaghan investigates how many alcoholic drinks her 49 friends drink. Meaghan finds that her group of friends drinks, on average, 0.7 alcoholic beverages per day. Do Meaghan’s friends’ drinking habits differ significantly from people in general. In the provided space, type in the answers to the following questions.
1. Which statistical test would you use to solve this problem?
2. State the null and alternative hypotheses in words.
3. Locate the critical value that defines the critical region.
4. Calculate your statistic.
5. Make a decision with respect to the null hypothesis.
6. Write a concluding sentence in everyday language.
7. Calculate and evaluate Cohen’s d.