document.write( "Question 819091: A local charity believes they receive more money from people in the River Heights
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document.write( "neighborhood than from people in the Lakeview neighborhood. They conducted a survey of 24
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document.write( "people randomly selected form each neighborhood and recorded
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document.write( "the results. At α = 0.01, is their
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document.write( "hypothesis correct?
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document.write( "Be sure to state the null and alternative hypothesis, the test value and the
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document.write( "critical value.\r
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document.write( "River Heights Lakeview
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document.write( "X bar 1: $35/person x bar 2: $25 / person
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document.write( "s 1: $5/person s 2: $8/person
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document.write( "n: 24 n:24\r
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document.write( "I believe I found the critical value of 2.5 but I can't figure out how to find the test value, any help is greatly appreciated. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #493261 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A local charity believes they receive more money from people in the River Heights neighborhood than from people in the Lakeview neighborhood. \n" ); document.write( "They conducted a survey of 24 people randomly selected form each neighborhood and recorded the results. \n" ); document.write( "At α = 0.01, is their hypothesis correct? \n" ); document.write( "Be sure to state the null and alternative hypothesis, the test value and the \n" ); document.write( "critical value. \n" ); document.write( "River Heights Lakeview \n" ); document.write( "X bar 1: $35/person x bar 2: $25 / person \n" ); document.write( "s 1: $5/person s 2: $8/person \n" ); document.write( "n: 24 n:24 \n" ); document.write( "------- \n" ); document.write( "Ho: u(rh)-u(L) <= 0 \n" ); document.write( "Ha: u(rh)-u(L) >0 (claim) \n" ); document.write( "================================ \n" ); document.write( "The critical value = 2.3263 but \n" ); document.write( "test stat = z(35-25) = (10-0)/sqrt[5^2/24 + 8^2/24] = 5.1929 \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "Conclusion: Since the test stat is in the critical region, reject Ho. \n" ); document.write( "Conclusion: The test results support the claim. \n" ); document.write( "================ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "================ \n" ); document.write( " |