According to an estimate, 2 years ago the average age of all CEOs of medium-sized companies in the United States was 58 years. Jennifer wants to check if this is still true. She took a random sample of 70 such CEOs and found their mean age to be 54 years with a standard deviation of 6 years. Using the 1% significance level, can you conclude that the current mean age of all CEOs of medium-sized companies in the United States is different from 58 years?

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Answer:

[tex]t=\frac{54-58}{\frac{6}{\sqrt{70}}}=-5.58[/tex]    

Now we can calculate the degrees of freedom:

[tex] df =n-1= 70-1=69[/tex]

And the p value would be given by this probability taking in count the bilateral test:

[tex]p_v =2*P(t_{69}<-5.58)=4.38x10^{-7}[/tex]

Since the p value is lower than the significance level provided we have enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis and we can conclude that the true mean is different from 58

Step-by-step explanation:

Information given

[tex]\bar X=54[/tex] represent the mean age for the CEOs    

[tex]s=6[/tex] represent the sample deviation

[tex]n=70[/tex] sample size    

[tex]\mu_o =58[/tex] represent the value to verify

[tex]\alpha=0.01[/tex] represent the significance level

t would represent the statistic

[tex]p_v[/tex] represent the p value

System of hypothesis

We want to verify if mean age of all CEOs of medium-sized companies in the United States is different from 58 years, the system of hypothesis would be:    

Null hypothesis:[tex]\mu = 58[/tex]    

Alternative hypothesis:[tex]\mu \neq 58[/tex]    

The statistic is given by:

[tex]t=\frac{\bar X-\mu_o}{\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}}[/tex] (1)    

Replacing the info given we got:

[tex]t=\frac{54-58}{\frac{6}{\sqrt{70}}}=-5.58[/tex]    

Now we can calculate the degrees of freedom:

[tex] df =n-1= 70-1=69[/tex]

And the p value would be given by this probability taking in count the bilateral test:

[tex]p_v =2*P(t_{69}<-5.58)=4.38x10^{-7}[/tex]

Since the p value is lower than the significance level provided we have enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis and we can conclude that the true mean is different from 58

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

We would set up the hypothesis test. This is a test of a single population mean since we are dealing with mean

For the null hypothesis,

µ = 58

For the alternative hypothesis,

µ ≠ 58

This is a two tailed test.

Since the population standard deviation is not given, the distribution is a student's t.

Since n = 70

Degrees of freedom, df = n - 1 = 70 - 1 = 69

t = (x - µ)/(s/√n)

Where

x = sample mean = 54

µ = population mean = 58

s = samples standard deviation = 6

t = (54 - 58)/(6/√70) = - 5.58

We would determine the p value using the t test calculator. It becomes

p < 0.0000

Since alpha, 0.01 > than the p value, then we would reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, at a 1% significance level, we can conclude that the current mean age of all CEOs of medium-sized companies in the United States is different from 58 years.