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OpenStax, Statistics §9.5 Additional Information and Full Hypothesis Test Examples · Exercise 53 · Statistics · Hypothesis testing

Additional Information and Full Hypothesis Test Examples · Exercise 53

Hypothesis testing: For the following 10 exercises, answer each question.

A report by the Gallup Poll found that a woman visits her doctor, on average, at most 5.8 times each year. A random sample of 20 women results in these yearly visit totals:

• 3
• 2
• 1
• 3
• 7
• 2
• 9
• 4
• 6
• 6
• 8
• 0
• 5
• 6
• 4
• 2
• 1
• 3
• 4
• 1

At the α = 0.05 level, can it be concluded that the sample mean is higher than 5.8 visits per year?

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