Question

I am performing a before and after evaluation on 30 students who have taken a keyboarding class. I want to see if the course improved their words per minute keyed.

Required:
a. State the Null and Alternate Hypothesis.
b. The statistic that I would use is:_________
c. What would my t critical be for this calculation at a 0.10 level of significance?
d. If my t calculated = 1.62, would I reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis?

Answer 1

a)

H₀ : µd = 0

H₁ : µd < 0

b)

The test statistic is

tₙ₋₁ = α / s√n

c)

at 0.10 level of significance,

tₙ₋₁ , ₐ

t₃₀₋₁ , ₀.₁₀ = t₂₉, ₀.₁₀ = 1.311

d)

given that T(critical) = 1.62

∴ T(critical) = 1.62 > t₂₉, ₀.₁₀ = 1.311

at 10% level of significance,

REJECT H₀

Since 1.62 > 1.311, we can reject the null hypothesis.