Math 201-Statistics project

Project Part 4 - Hypothesis Testing

 Based on your sample, you will conduct a hypothesis test with a = 0.05 to test two of the claims of the above article.  

Using the same excel sheet as last week, answer the following in the “week 6” tab:

• Claim: the average age of online students is 32 years old. Can you prove it is not?
  • What is the null hypothesis?
  • What is the alternative hypothesis?
  • What distribution should be used?
  • What is the test statistic?
  • What is the p-value?
  • What is the conclusion?
  • How do we interpret the results, in context of our study?
• Claim: the proportion of males in online classes is 35%. Can you prove it is not?
  • What is the null hypothesis?
  • What is the alternative hypothesis?
  • What distribution should be used?
  • What is the test statistic?
  • What is the p-value?
  • What is the conclusion?
  • How do we interpret the results, in context of our study?

****Assignment needs to be completed under week 6 tab****

See attached!