4. Before agreeing to purchase a large order of polyeth-. ylene sheaths for a particular type...
Continue the example in which the farmer claims that organic tomatoes are higher in vitamin A than conventional tomatoes, and the hypotheses to be tested are Ho : y = 1500 versus HQ:p > 1500, where u is the average amount of viiamin A (in IU) in organically grown tomatoes. Let's assume that the distribution of vitamin A is symmetric, so that the median amount of vitamin A in conventional tomatoes is also 1500 IU. In other words, half of...
1. A hypothetical investigation on rider satisfaction with a particular public transit system serving commuting residents of British California (BC) and Prince Edward’s County (PEC) offers some interesting findings. The proportion of commuters from BC that indicated low satisfaction with the transit system’s service in the 2018 calendar year was 65 percent, and the proportion from PEC was 70 percent. These point estimates were based on samples of 5,380 BC commuters and 6,810 PEC commuters, whose system-using commuters number in...