Question

Question: The mean birth weight of male babies born to 121 mothers taking a vitamin supplement is 3.67 kilograms (based on New York department of health data). The national average birth weight of male babies 3.39 kilograms.

Discuss the significance of the sample observation given that the probability of observing such a .sample estimated to be 0.0015

Answer 1

The significance of the sample is that at it is statistically significant at 0.01 level ( i.e. of observing the sample < 0.01 )

Explanation:

The sample observation which is 121 mothers that take vitamin supplements have male babies with mean weight of : 3.67 kg

while the National average birth weight = 3.39 kg

probability of observing such a sample = 0.0015

Hence the significance of the sample is that at it is statistically significant at 0.01 level ( i.e. of observing the sample < 0.01 )