You are studying how receiving free money affects someone’s blood pressure. The average systolic blood pressure is about 105, and you record 4 people who just got money and get 130, 140, 100, 110. What are your hypotheses and calculate the p-value of your experiment.
Below are the null and alternative Hypothesis,
Null Hypothesis, H0: μ = 105
Alternative Hypothesis, Ha: μ ≠ 105
Test statistic,
t = (xbar - mu)/(s/sqrt(n))
t = (120 - 105)/(18.2574/sqrt(4))
t = 1.643
P-value Approach
P-value = 0.1989
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