At Rachel’s \(11th\) birthday party, eight girls were timed to see how long (in seconds) they could hold their breath in a relaxed position. After a two-minute rest, they timed themselves while jumping. The girls thought that the mean difference between their jumping and relaxed times would be zero. Test their hypothesis.

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Considering the table 10.24 the data consists of matched samples,

1. The null hypothesis is given by, \(H_{0}:\mu_{d}=0\)

2. Alternate hypothesis is given by, \(H_{a}:\mu_{d}\neq 0\)

3. The random variable \(X_{d}\) is the average difference between jumping and relaxed times.

4. Student’s t distribution with \(7\) degree of freedom

5. The paired test static for the mean difference is,

After ENTER all values the OUTPUT shown below,

6. The \(p-value\) from the output is \(0.175\)

7. Using the information from previous exercise to sketch a picture of this situation.

Clearly label and scale the horizontal axis, and shade the graph the region(s) corresponding to the \(p-\)value.

8. \(\alpha=0.05\)

Decision: Null hypothesis is not rejected.

\(p-value>alpha\)

Conclusion: At the \(5%\) level of significance, there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the average difference is not zero.

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Given table,

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Considering the table 10.24 the data consists of matched samples,

1. The null hypothesis is given by, \(H_{0}:\mu_{d}=0\)

2. Alternate hypothesis is given by, \(H_{a}:\mu_{d}\neq 0\)

3. The random variable \(X_{d}\) is the average difference between jumping and relaxed times.

4. Student’s t distribution with \(7\) degree of freedom

5. The paired test static for the mean difference is,

After ENTER all values the OUTPUT shown below,

6. The \(p-value\) from the output is \(0.175\)

7. Using the information from previous exercise to sketch a picture of this situation.

Clearly label and scale the horizontal axis, and shade the graph the region(s) corresponding to the \(p-\)value.

8. \(\alpha=0.05\)

Decision: Null hypothesis is not rejected.

\(p-value>alpha\)

Conclusion: At the \(5%\) level of significance, there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the average difference is not zero.

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