The CEO of a battery manufacturing company claimed that their batteries would last an average of 280 hours under normal use. A researcher randomly selected 20 batteries from the production line and tested them. The tested batteries had a mean life span of 250 hours with a standard deviation of 40 hours. Do we have enough evidence to suggest that the claim of an average of 280 hours is false?
Test statistic:
Since the sample size is small(<30), then it is appropriate to use t-score as critical value. There is no mention about confidence level, but usually there are 3 types are used: 90%, 95%, 99%. Lets run on 99% confidence level.
So,
Since T<Cr, then we should conclude that, based on the given data, there is enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis and admit that average lifespan is smaller than population's
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