QuestionFree dessert: In an attempt to increase business on Monday nights, a restaurant offers a free dessert with every dinner order. Before the offer, the mean number of dinner customers on Monday was 150. Following are the numbers of diners on a random sample of 12 days while the offer was in effect. Can you conclude that the mean number of diners decreased while the free dessert offer was in effect? Use the level of significance and the -value method with the
Critical Values for the Student's Distribution Table.
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\hline 170 & 133 & 150 & 111 & 171 & 103 \\
101 & 110 & 133 & 179 & 151 & 112 \\
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Part 1 of 6
Following is a boxplot for these data. Is it reasonable to assume that the conditions for performing a hypothesis test are satisfied? Explain.
The boxplot shows that there are outliers.
The boxplot shows that there is no evidence of strong skewness.
We can assume that the population is approximately normal.
It reasonable to assume that the conditions are satisfied.
Part 2 of 6
State the appropriate null and alternate hypotheses.
This hypothesis test is a left-tailed
test.
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STEP 1
1. We have a random sample of 12 days with the number of diners recorded.
2. The significance level is .
3. We will use the Student's distribution for hypothesis testing.
4. The null hypothesis is that the mean number of diners is 150.
5. The alternative hypothesis is that the mean number of diners is less than 150.
STEP 2
1. Evaluate the assumptions for the hypothesis test.
2. State the null and alternative hypotheses.
3. Calculate the sample mean and standard deviation.
4. Perform the -test.
5. Determine the -value.
6. Make a conclusion based on the -value and significance level.
STEP 3
Evaluate the assumptions for the hypothesis test:
- The boxplot shows outliers, but no evidence of strong skewness.
- We can assume the population is approximately normal due to the Central Limit Theorem, given the sample size is reasonably large (n=12).
It is reasonable to assume that the conditions for performing a hypothesis test are satisfied.
STEP 4
State the null and alternative hypotheses:
\[
H_0: \mu = 150 $
\[
H_1: \mu < 150 $
This hypothesis test is a left-tailed test.
STEP 5
Calculate the sample mean and standard deviation .
Sample data: .
Calculate and .
STEP 6
Calculate the sample mean :
Calculate the sample standard deviation :
STEP 7
Calculate the sample standard deviation :
Calculate the value of .
STEP 8
Perform the -test:
Calculate the test statistic :
Substitute , , , and .
STEP 9
Calculate the test statistic :
Calculate the value of .
STEP 10
Determine the -value using the -distribution table with degrees of freedom.
Compare the calculated value to the critical value at .
STEP 11
Find the -value from the -distribution table.
STEP 12
Make a conclusion based on the -value and significance level .
If -value < , reject .
STEP 13
Conclude whether the mean number of diners decreased.
The conclusion will depend on the calculated -value and comparison to .
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