Jim Mead is a veterinarian who visits a Vermont farm to examine prize bulls. In order to examine a bull, Jim fi­rst gives the animal a tranquilizer shot. The effect of the shot is supposed to last an average of 65 minutes, and it usually does. However, Jim sometimes gets chased out of the pasture by a bull that recovers too soon, and other times he becomes worried about prize bulls that take too long to recover. By reading journals, Jim has found that the tranquilizer should have a mean duration time of 65 minutes, with a standard deviation of 15 minutes. A random sample of 10 of Jim’s bulls had a mean tranquilized duration time of close to 65 minutes but a standard deviation of 24 minutes. At the 1% level of signifi­cance, is Jim justifi­ed in the claim that the variance is larger than that stated in his journal? Find a 95% confi­dence interval for the population standard deviation.

Please provide the following information.

(a) What is the level of signi­ficance? State the null and alternate hypotheses.

(b) Find the value of the chi-square statistic for the sample. What are the degrees of freedom? What assumptions are you making about the original distribution?

(c) Find or estimate the P-value of the sample test statistic.

(d) Based on your answers in parts (a) to (c), will you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis of independence?

(e) Interpret your conclusion in the context of the application.

(f) Find the requested confi­dence interval for the population variance or population standard deviation. Interpret the results in the context of the application.