Suppose you are trying to assess whether or not the GPAs of 52 students in an honors seminar course are greater than 3.5. The 52 seminar students have a mean GPA of 3.55, with a standard deviation of 0.2. Which of the following corresponds to the p-value for this test?
a) p 0.0211
b) p 0.0053
c) p 0.9947
d) p 0.964
e) p 0.0357
f) p 0.053
g) p 1.803

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex]t=\frac{3.55-3.5}{\frac{0.2}{\sqrt{52}}}=1.80[/tex]    

The degrees of freedom are given by:

[tex]df=n-1=52-1=51[/tex]  

The p value for this case can be calculated on this way:

[tex]p_v =P(t_{(51)}>1.80)=0.036[/tex]  

And the most appropiate value for this case would be :

e) p= 0.0357

Step-by-step explanation:

Information given

[tex]\bar X=3.55[/tex] represent the sample mean for the GPA

[tex]s=0.2[/tex] represent the sample standard deviation

[tex]n=52[/tex] sample size  

[tex]\mu_o =3.5[/tex] represent the value that we want to test

t would represent the statistic

[tex]p_v[/tex] represent the p value

System of hypothesis

We need want to verify if students in an honors seminar course are greater than 3.5, the system of hypothesis would be:  

Null hypothesis:[tex]\mu \leq 3.5[/tex]  

Alternative hypothesis:[tex]\mu > 3.5[/tex]  

The statistic is given by:

[tex]t=\frac{\bar X-\mu_o}{\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}}[/tex]  (1)  

Replacing the info given we got:

[tex]t=\frac{3.55-3.5}{\frac{0.2}{\sqrt{52}}}=1.80[/tex]    

The degrees of freedom are given by:

[tex]df=n-1=52-1=51[/tex]  

The p value for this case can be calculated on this way:

[tex]p_v =P(t_{(51)}>1.80)=0.036[/tex]  

And the most appropiate value for this case would be :

e) p= 0.0357