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posted by  frankieandmax on 10/13/2008 12:11:26 PM  |  status: Closed  

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The Frito-Lay company claims that bags of Doritos tortilla chips contain more than 269.3g.  To test whether this claim is truw or not, 25 bags are randomly selected and weighed.  They produe the following statistics:  x = 267.3g, s = .632g.  Can the researcher conclude that the company actually produces lighter bags than the company claims?  Use  α =0.05.

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posted by IKM on 10/13/2008 12:35:49 PM  |  status: Live
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hello,
define the null hypothesis : μ = 269.3
Alternative hypothesis :μ>269.3
here the sample size is small so we can use t statistic for single mean:
thus t = (sample mean - population mean)/s.d/√n
thus t = (267.3 - 269.3)/0.632/√25
 = -15.82
the table value of t at (25-1) 24 degrees of freedom and at 5% level of significance is 1.71
since the calculated value is less than the table value.
hence we  accept null hypothesis
that is the claim is not true
 
hope this will help yo 
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