In: Statistics and Probability
Simple random samples of high-interest mortgages and
low-interest mortgages were obtained. For the 14 high-interest
mortgages, the borrowers had a mean FICO score of 533 and a
standard deviation of 35. For the 29 low-interest mortgages, he
borrowers had a mean FICO credit score of 562 and a standard
deviaiton of 36. Test the claim that the mean FICO score of
borrowers with high-interest mortgages is lower than the mean FICO
score of borrowers with low-interest mortgages at the .01
significance level.
Claim: Select an answer μ 1 ≥ μ 2 p 1 ≥ p 2 μ 1≠μ 2 μ 1 ≤ μ 2 μ 1
< μ 2 p 1 > p 2 p 1 < p 2 p 1 = p 2 μ 1 = μ 2 μ 1 > μ 2
p 1≠p 2 p 1 ≤ p 2 which corresponds to Select an answer
H0: μ 1 ≤ μ 2 H0: p 1 ≤ p 2 H1: p 1 > p 2 H1: p 1≠p 2 H0: μ 1 =
μ 2 H1: μ 1 > μ 2 H1: μ 1≠μ 2 H0: μ 1≠μ 2 H1: μ 1 < μ 2 H1: p
1 < p 2
Opposite: Select an answer μ 1 < μ 2 μ 1 ≥ μ 2 μ 1 = μ 2 μ 1 ≤ μ
2 p 1 < p 2 p 1 = p 2 p 1 > p 2 μ 1 > μ 2 μ 1≠μ 2 p 1≠p 2
p 1 ≤ p 2 p 1 ≥ p 2 which corresponds to Select an
answer H1: p 1 <= p 2 H0: μ 1 ≤ μ 2 H0: p 1 > p 2 H1: μ 1
> μ 2 H0: μ 1≠μ 2 H1: p 1 = p 2 H0: μ 1 = μ 2 H1: p 1 ≥ p 2 H1:
μ 1≠μ 2 H1: μ 1 < μ 2 H0: p 1≠p 2
The test is: Select an answer left-tailed two-tailed
right-tailed
The test statistic is: tt = Select an answer -2.949 -2.739 -2.174
-2.522 -2.668
The critical value is: Select an
answer -2.415 -2.933 -2.826 -2.65 -2.979
Based on this we: Select an answer Accept the null hypothesis Fail
to reject the null hypothesis Cannot determine anything Reject the
null hypothesis
Conclusion There Select an answer does does
not appear to be enough evidence to support the claim
that the mean FICO score of borrowers with high-interest mortgages
is lower than the mean FICO score of borrowers with low-interest
mortgages.