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OpenStax, Statistics §9.5 Additional Information and Full Hypothesis Test Examples · Try It 5 · Statistics · Hypothesis testing

Additional Information and Full Hypothesis Test Examples · Try It 5

It is believed that a stock price for a particular company will grow at a rate of $5 per week with a standard deviation of $1. An investor believes the stock won’t grow as quickly. The changes in stock price are recorded for 10 weeks and are as follows: $4, $3, $2, $3, $1, $7, $2, $1, $1, $2. Perform a hypothesis test using a 5 percent level of significance. State the null and alternative hypotheses, find the p-value, state your conclusion, and identify the Type I and Type II errors.

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