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It is believed that the productivity of the newly hired salesmen is different from 470 boxes. To test this belief at the 5% significance level.

 It is believed that the productivity of the newly hired salesmen is different from 470 boxes. To test this belief at the 5% significance level. A random sample of 40 salesmen has a mean of 450 boxes and a standard deviation of 50 boxes.

Hypothesis Test: Mean vs. Hypothesized Value

470.00

hypothesized value

450.00

mean boxes

50.00

std. dev.

7.91

std. error

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n

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df

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t

.0156

p-value (two-tailed)

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confidence interval 90.% lower

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confidence interval 90.% upper

Complete the missing values of above the Mega-Stat output, and use it to solve the following questions:

(Write your solution explicitly)

  1. Write the null Ho and alternative hypotheses H1

  1. Verify the assumptions you need to make the test.

  1. Test the hypothesis is (a) using P-value

  1. Write the decision in statement of the test you did in (c)

  1. Find Critical value of the statistical test in part (a), with 5% significance level (using the tables)

df =

Critical value =

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