A veterinarian recorded the weights, in grams, for a sample of hamsters. The following MINITAB output presents the results of a hypothesis test regarding the mean weight of hamsters.

a. State the null and alternate hypotheses.

b. What is the value of ̄x?

c. What is the value of s?

d. How many degrees of freedom are there?

e. Do you reject H0 at the 0.05 level? State a conclusion.

f. Someone wants to test the hypothesis H0: μ = 6.5 versus H1: μ g. Compute the P-value for the test in part (f).
h. Can the null hypothesis in part

(f) be rejected at the 0.05 level? State a conclusion.

Test of mu = 5.5 vs > 5.5 95% Lower N Mean 5 5.92563 StDev 0.15755 SE Mean Bound T P 0.07046 5.77542 6.04 0.002