In: Statistics and Probability
[Chocolate Chip Cookies] Consider a sample of 40 Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies. The mean number of chips per cookie is 23.95 chips and the standard deviation of all Chips Ahoy regular cookies is known to be 2.55 chips. Use a (alpha)=0.01 to test the claim that the mean number of chips is greater than 23.
a.) what parameter is this addressing?
b.) identify the null and alternative hypotheses using math notation.
c.) calculate the test statistic (critical value is 2.33 which is 98%).
d.) what is your conclusion about the null hypothesis?
e.) state the final conclusion about the original claim in a complete sentence.