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Consider the following hypothesis test:

H0:μ≤16H_0: \mu \leq 16

Ha:μ>16H_a: \mu > 16

A sample of 25 provided a sample mean xˉ=17\bar{x} = 17 and a sample standard deviation s=3.5s = 3.5, then the value of the test statistic in tt-test is:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

Given information:

Sample size: n=25n = 25

Sample mean: xˉ=17\bar{x} = 17

Sample standard deviation: s=3.5s = 3.5

Null hypothesis: H0:μ≤16H_0: \mu \leq 16, so μ0=16\mu_0 = 16


The t-test statistic formula is:

t=xˉ−μ0s/nt = \frac{\bar{x} - \mu_0}{s/\sqrt{n}}


Calculate the standard error:

sn=3.525\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}} = \frac{3.5}{\sqrt{25}}

=3.55= \frac{3.5}{5}

=0.7= 0.7


Calculate the test statistic:

t=xˉ−μ0s/nt = \frac{\bar{x} - \mu_0}{s/\sqrt{n}}

=17−160.7= \frac{17 - 16}{0.7}

=10.7= \frac{1}{0.7}

=1.43= 1.43


Therefore, the value of the test statistic is 1.431.43.

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