In: Statistics and Probability
In a recent publication, it was reported that the average highway gas mileage of tested models of a new car was 33.2 mpg with a standard deviation of 2.5 mpg, with the mileages approximately normally distributed.
H0 :μ=33.2
Ha :μ<33.2
Part a: Describe a Type II error in the context of the
hypothesis test.
Part b: If a simple random sample of 100 cars is selected, what
values of the sample mean x ̄ would represent sufficient evidence
to reject the null hypothesis at significance level α = 0.05?
Part c: If the actual population average gas mileage is 32.8 mpg,
determine the probability of a Type II error if a simple random
sample of 100 cars is selected.
Part d: If the sample size were greater than 100 cars, what would happen to the probability in Part c? Explain your reasoning.