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    1) The document discusses the process of hypothesis testing in statistics, which involves using statistics to determine the probability of a hypothesis being false or true. 2) It provides an example of testing the null hypothesis that the mean of 6 diamond weights is equal to 0.5 karats versus the alternative that the mean is greater than 0.5 karats. 3) Based on a t-statistic of 1.3145 which does not exceed the critical value of 2.015, the null hypothesis is not rejected, meaning the data does not provide enough evidence that the true mean diamond weight is greater than 0.5 karats.

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    1) The document discusses the process of hypothesis testing in statistics, which involves using statistics to determine the probability of a hypothesis being false or true. 2) It provides an example of testing the null hypothesis that the mean of 6 diamond weights is equal to 0.5 karats versus the alternative that the mean is greater than 0.5 karats. 3) Based on a t-statistic of 1.3145 which does not exceed the critical value of 2.015, the null hypothesis is not rejected, meaning the data does not provide enough evidence that the true mean diamond weight is greater than 0.5 karats.

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    1) The document discusses the process of hypothesis testing in statistics, which involves using statistics to determine the probability of a hypothesis being false or true. 2) It provides an example of testing the null hypothesis that the mean of 6 diamond weights is equal to 0.5 karats versus the alternative that the mean is greater than 0.5 karats. 3) Based on a t-statistic of 1.3145 which does not exceed the critical value of 2.015, the null hypothesis is not rejected, meaning the data does not provide enough evidence that the true mean diamond weight is greater than 0.5 karats.

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    Statistics

    Testing of hypothesis is one of the most important procedures in the field of statistics. It

    involves the use of statistics in establishing the probability of a given hypothesis being false or

    true (Bluman). The five critical step of testing the hypothesis include

    i. Writing the Ho (null hypothesis).


    ii. Writing the H1 (alternative hypothesis).
    iii. Setting the amount of allowable error (alpha level) in addition to determining the

    degree of freedom.
    iv. The decision stage: rejecting or accepting the null

    In this particular question,

    Null Hypothesis

    The null hypothesis is Ho μ = 0.5

    Alternative Hypothesis

    The alternative hypothesis is Ha μ > 0.5

    Testing

    The mean deviation for these 6 diamond weights is 0.53 while their standard deviation is 0.0559.

    a t-statics is the test statistic which is calculated as


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    t=(xx - μ)/(s/√n)

    =(0.53-0.5)/(0.0559/√(6))

    = 1.3145

    This test statistic as with a majority of other large-sample tests offers the grounds for

    either accepting or rejecting the Ho. However, the decision is largely based on the distance from

    the center Ho lies in the t distribution.

    Rejecting Region

    In case one selects the level of significance of 5 percent, the region of right-tailed

    rejection is obtained utilizing it’s critical value.

    With df = n-1

    =5

    One can reject the null hypothesis, if t > t0.05 =2.015 as figure 1 shows

    Figure 1: The Rejection region

    Decision Stage
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    Given that the test statistic’s calculated value is 1.32 and hence fails to leans towards the

    region of rejection, it is not practical to reject the null; hypothesis. Consequently, the data does

    not offer enough proof to show that the mean diamond weight surpass 5 karats.

    Work Cited
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    Bluman, Allan. Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach: A Brief Version, 7th ed.

    McGraw-Hill Education, 2014.

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