Testing the Assumption of Car Model's km/L Performance

In summary, the conversation is discussing the formulation of a hypothesis and test for the assumption that a specific car model can travel at least 120 km with 1 L of gasoline. The null hypothesis is that the mean is equal to 120 km and the alternative hypothesis is that the mean is greater than or equal to 120 km. The test is one-sided and the confidence level at which the assumption can be rejected is not specified.
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mathmari
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Hey! :giggle:

Some people assume that a specific car model does at least $\mu_0=120$ km with $1$ Lt benzin.

$10$ independent tests give the following results: $$104, \ 96, \ 80, \ 100, \ 108, \ 100, \ 112, \ 120, \ 130, \ 132$$

(a) Give the Null Hypothesis $H_0$ and the alternative Hypothesis $H_1$, for the test of that assumption.

(b) Give the statistic function of that test.

(c) late the p-value of the test.

(d) In what confidence level can the assumption be rejected?
For (a) is the null hypothesis $H_0: \ m_0=120$ and the alternative $H_1: \ \mu_1\neq 120$ ?
 
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mathmari said:
Some people assume that a specific car model does at least $\mu_0=120$ km with $1$ Lt benzin.

(a) Give the Null Hypothesis $H_0$ and the alternative Hypothesis $H_1$, for the test of that assumption.

For (a) is the null hypothesis $H_0: \ m_0=120$ and the alternative $H_1: \ \mu_1\neq 120$ ?
Hey mathmari!

The assumption says "at least". We're not covering that with $\mu_1\ne 120$. 🤔
 
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Klaas van Aarsen said:
The assumption says "at least". We're not covering that with $\mu_1\ne 120$. 🤔

So the assumption should be at the alternative hypothesis, or not?

So is it $H_1: \ \mu_1\geq 120$ ? :unsre:
 
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mathmari said:
So the assumption should be at the alternative hypothesis, or not?

So is it $H_1: \ \mu_1\geq 120$ ? :unsre:
Yep. (Nod)

Generally, if the problem statement contains a word like "less than", "more", or "at least", then we need an inequality in the alternative hypothesis.
It also means that the test is "one-sided". 🧐
 

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