document.write( "Question 375365: A farmer wishes to have his soil at an average Ph (Mu = 8.1). He takes 15 random soil tests on his plot of land and receives the following readings.
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "*Note: Formula for the test statistic is 
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document.write( "In this case n = 15
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document.write( "Entering the Data into an Excel worksheet column and applying the Data Analysis tool
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document.write( "found  and  for this sampling.
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document.write( " = -.54/3.873 = -.139
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document.write( "P(t < -.139) = .4447 Or 44.47%
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document.write( "The test results would show that these Ph readings were well within the average
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document.write( "of mu = 8.1, at the 5% significance level \n" );
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