Gene Kim

QSO-510

6-1 Data Set Homework: Hypothesis Testing on Data Set 2

Data set 2 presents a sample of the number of defective flash drives produced by a small
manufacturing company over the last 30 weeks. The companys operations manager believes that
the number of defects produced by the process is less than seven defective flash drives per week.
Use this online calculator (or any statistical package that you are comfortable with) to construct a
hypothesis test to verify the operations managers claim. Your hypothesis test should include null
and alternative hypotheses, a t test statistic value, a p value, a decision, and a conclusion. Submit
a Word file that includes the hypothesis test.

Null Hypothesis: 7

Alternative Hypothesis: < 7

t = 0.1326
p-value = 0.8954
Accept the null hypothesis. With the p-value greater than 0.05, there is weak evidence to support
the operations managers claim the number of defects produced is less than seven.

P value and statistical significance:

The two-tailed P value equals 0.8954
By conventional criteria, this difference is considered to be not
statistically significant.

Confidence interval:
The hypothetical mean is 7.00
The actual mean is 7.03
The difference between these two values is 0.03
The 95% confidence interval of this difference:
From -0.48 to 0.55

Intermediate values used in calculations:

t = 0.1326
df = 29
standard error of difference = 0.251

Review your data:

Mean 7.03
SD 1.38
SEM 0.25
N 30