A simple random sample of 100 postal employees is used to test if the average time postal
Question:
A simple random sample of 100 postal employees is used to test if the average time postal employees have worked for the postal service has changed from the value of 7.5 years recorded 20 years ago. The sample mean was ???? = 7 years with a standard deviation of s = 2 years. Assume the distribution of the time the employees have worked for the postal service is approximately Normal. The hypotheses being tested are H0 : μ = 7.5, Ha : μ ≠ 7.5. A one-sample t test will be used. What is the p-value for the one-sample t test?
A) p<.01
B) .01
C) .05
D) p>.10
8. What is a 95% confidence interval for μ, the population mean time the postal service employees have spent with the postal service?
A) 7 ± 2
B) 7 ± 1.984
C) 7 ± 0.4
D) 7 ± 0.2
9. What are the appropriate degrees of freedom for this test?
A) 7
B) 19
C) 99
D) 100