Question

A researcher wishes to test whether the mean of a normally distributed population is greater than 1.06 at the 5% significance level. Based upon 22 independent observations, she observes a sample mean of 1.77 and a sample standard deviation of 0.84. Determine the critical value of the test rounded to the nearest hundredth. (Rounding counts!).

Answer 1

t- critical value =1.721

Explanation:

Given

Sample size =n=22

Degree of freedom = sample size -1 = 22-1 =21

The significance level is 5%. This indicates that the test is right tailed.

The alpha value = 0.05

For given right tailed test, with value of alpha = 0.05 and degree of freedom = 21, the t- critical value =1.721