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This activity gives you practice explaining the different parts of the StatCrunch print-out for a hypothesis test for a population mean. You will review the meaning of standard error, T-scores and the P-value.

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Prompt

1. In a previous lab we tested the following hypotheses,
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H

0

:

=

4.73

and

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H

a

:

<

4.73

(where

is the mean number of alcoholic drinks consumed by students at a liberal arts college).

In a random sample of 75 students, the mean was 3.93 alcoholic drinks consumed in a week. Here is the StatCrunch output from the hypothesis test.

: Mean of variable

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H

0

:

=

4.73

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H

A

:

â‰

4.73

Hypothesis test results
Variable Sample Mean Std. Err. DF T-Stat P-value
number of drinks per week 3.9333333 0.43592434 74 -1.8275343 0.0717

Using this context and the StatCrunch output, explain the meaning of each of the following.

1. Std. Err (standard error)
2. T-stat (T-score)
3. P-value
2. In a previous matched pairs lab we tested the following hypotheses, where

is the mean of the differences in corn yield for a plot of land (regular seed minus kiln-dried): H0: Âµ = 0 and Ha: Âµ < 0. In a random sample of 11 seeds of each type, the mean of the differences in the sample was -33.7. Here is a StatCrunch print-out of the hypothesis test.

Paired T hypothesis test:

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D

=

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2

: Mean of the difference between Regular seed and Kiln-dried seed

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H

0

:

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D

=

0

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A

:

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Hypothesis test results
Difference Mean Std. Err. DF T-Stat P-value
Regular seed – Kiln-dried seed -33.727273 19.951346 10 -1.6904761 0.0609

Differences stored in column, Differences.

Using this context and the StatCrunch output, explain the meaning of each of the following.

1. Std. Err (standard error)
2. T-stat (T-score)
3. P-value.