A marine biologist claims that the mean dive duration of a harbor seal in Monterey Bay is
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A marine biologist claims that the mean dive duration of a harbor seal in Monterey Bay is at least 5.8 minutes. A random sample of 35 dive durations has a mean of 4.9 minutes and a standard deviation of 1.8 minutes. Is there enough evidence to reject the claim at α = 0.01?
(a) Identify the claim and state H0 and Ha,
(b) Use technology to find the P-value,
(c) Decide whether to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis,
(d) Interpret the decision in the context of the original claim. Assume the population is normally distributed.
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Elementary Statistics Picturing The World
ISBN: 9780321911216
6th Edition
Authors: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
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