Question

Assuming all model requirements for conducting the appropriate procedure have been​ satisfied, is the mean IQ of the students in the​ professor's statistics class higher than that of the general​ population, 100? Explain what statistical procedure should be used for this research objective.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The right statistical procedure is by applying a hypothesis test that uses a single mean. Here, if we are to talk about comparison, it should be between the mean IQ of the students in the class and the national average IQ. The class is not for a comparison between two population means because it is viewed as the sample of the population. That is to say, the required task is to determine if the sample mean is greater than the population mean. We can conclude that this obeys a hypothesis test rather than a confidence interval.