Question

Prior to sale, beef cattle are often "fattened" who live far from the sale location often lose some of that value because the transit. An economic study was conducted to investigate the feasibility of operating a ranch at a greater distance from the sale location. (In this scenario, land is cheaper further away and the investigator wants to 1. on a rich diet in hope to receive a higher sale price. Producers cows' weight decreases in and B who live 1 day and 3 days from the 46 yearling heifers from produce transit and again later at the sale. The data presented in the table below show the mean and standard deviation for the pre-transit weight, the sale weight, and the weight lost (pre-transit weight -sale weight) in pounds. Use α. 0.05. sale location, respectively, were involved in the study. A sample of r A and 37 from producer B were chosen at random and weighed just prior to Sample size 46 Pre-transit weight Mean Std Dev 478.2 485.5 Sale weight Mean Std Dev 477.3 Weight lost Mean Std Dev 10 0.9 3.9 Producer B 37 48558 48219 24 4.2 a. Is there evidence to suggest that there is significant weight loss in transition, on average, f or Producer A's cows? i. State the hypotheses. ii. Calculate the test statistic. ii. Calculate the p-value. Make a decision regarding Ho- O iv. Reject Ho Fail to Reject Ho O State the conclusion in terms of the problem. v.

Answer 1

panducer A 16 Ha: 시 There is not evidence to Ss oss oducers A's ca