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Chapter 12: Hypothesis Tests – Large Samples

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Figure 12- 15:

Display of the Test for a Single Population

Mean workbook output for

Example 12-7

The output shows that the

P

-value = 0.0228 <

= 0.05 (5%) so the null

hypothesis will be rejected and one will have the same conclusion as when

the test was done using the classical approach.

(c) Two –tailed Test

(where

is a specified proportion value)

:

̅

√ ⁄

or

̅

√ ⁄

for

unknown and

30

: For a specified significance level

, reject the null hypothesis if

the computed test statistic value

-

or if

(this is

equivalent to

| |

).

Click here for the Large Sample Test for a Single Population Mean Workbook