An
Insurance Company reports that the mean cost to process claim is
$50. An industry comparison showed this amount to be larger than
most other insurance companies, so they instituted cost-cutting
measures. To evaluate the effect of cost-cutting measure, the
company selected a random sample of claims processed last month and
determine the cost to process these selected claims. The sample
information is reported as follows: 45, 48, 52, 47, 39, 42. At the
0.10 significance level is it reasonable to conclude that the mean
cost to produce a claim is now less than $50?