SOLUTION: 2. The employees of Jones Construction Co. are allowed a 30-minute lunch break. The owner wants to know if the employees are actually taking 30-minute breaks. The foreman decides t
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Question 364949: 2. The employees of Jones Construction Co. are allowed a 30-minute lunch break. The owner wants to know if the employees are actually taking 30-minute breaks. The foreman decides to record the times taken for the next 25 breaks taken at the site. The data are as follows:
25 34 28 27 33 40 23 22 26
33 38 25 22 27 30 32 31 24
22 28 32 34 26 24 35
a. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses.
b. Calculate the test statistic.
c. At a = 0.05, should the foreman reject the null hypothesis?
d. What conclusion can the foreman present to the owner?
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25
34
28
27
33
40
23
22
26
33
38
25
22
27
30
32
31
24
22
28
32
34
26
24
35
H0 ; muu = 30
H1 ; muu is not equal to 30 (two tailed)
level of significance
alpha = 0.05
Now use mega stat for mean vs hypothesized mean option,
you get these values
Hypothesis Test: Mean vs. Hypothesized Value
30.000 hypothesized value
28.840 mean Data
5.145 std. dev.
1.029 std. error
25 n
24 df
-1.13 t
.2708 p-value (two-tailed)
Decision rule,
as p > 0.05 we fail to reject H0.
hence the mean break time spent by the employees is 30 minutes.
