A researcher claims that the monthly consumption of coffee per person is more than 19 cups. In a sample of 60 randomly selected people, the mean monthly consumption was 20. The standard deviation of the sample was 4 cups. Find the p-value of the test. On the basis of the p-value, is the researchers claim valid at 0.01 level of significance?
Test-statistic:
The EXCEL formula to find the p-value for a two-tailed t-test and df=60-1=59 is
=tdist(1.937, 59, 1)
p-value = 0.0287
p>0.01
At significance level of 1%, the researcher can NOT claim that the monthly consumption of coffee per person is more than 19 cups.
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