The U.S. Energy Information Association claims that the mean monthly residential electricity consumption in your town is more than 874 kilowatt-hours (kWh). You want to test this claim. You find that a random sample of 64 residential customers has a mean monthly electricity consumption of 905 kWh. Assume the population standard deviation is 125 kWh. At α = 0.05, do you have enough evidence to support the association’s claim?
(a) Identify the claim and state H0 and Ha,
(b) Find the critical value(s) and identify the rejection region(s),
(c) Find the standardized test statistic z,
(d) Decide whether to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis,
(e) Interpret the decision in the context of the original claim. If convenient, use technology.