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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e §9.5 Additional Information and Full Hypothesis Test Examples · Exercise 55 · Statistics · Hypothesis testing

Additional Information and Full Hypothesis Test Examples · Exercise 55

Instructions: For the following ten exercises,
Hypothesis testing: For the following ten exercises, answer each question.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the mean family size in the U.S. is 3.13. A sample of a college math class resulted in the following family sizes:

• 5
• 4
• 5
• 4
• 4
• 3
• 6
• 4
• 3
• 3
• 5
• 5
• 6
• 3
• 3
• 2
• 7
• 4
• 5
• 2
• 2
• 2
• 3
• 2

At α = 0.05 level, is the class’ mean family size greater than the national average? Does the census result remain valid? Why?

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