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Chapter 8: Q. 9.126 (page 391)

Suppose that you want to perform a hypothesis test for a population mean. Assume that the variable under consideration is normally distributed and that the population deviation standard is unknown.

(a). Is it permissible to use t-test to perform hypothesis test? Explain your answer.

(b). Is it permissible to use the Wilcoxon signed-rank test to perform hypothesis test? Explain your answer.

(c). Which procedure is better to use, thet-test or Wilcoxon signed-test? Explain your answer.

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a). t-test

b). Wilcoxon signed-rank test

c). t-test.

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Step 1. Solution (a).

Yes t-test can be used to perform the hypothesis test because all the assumptions of t-test are satisfied in this case.

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Step 2. Solution (b).

Yes, Wilcoxon signed rank test can be used to perform the hypothesis test because the variable under consideration is normally distributed and normal distribution is symmetric.

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Step 3. Solution (c).

Here one mean t-test is preferable because for a normally distributed variablet-test is more powerful than the Wilcoxon signed rank test.

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