An egg packing company has stated that the standard deviation of the weights of their grade A large eggs is 0.07 ounces or less. The sample variance for 51 eggs was 0.0065 ounces. Can this sample result confirm the company's claim? The test statistic is x^2 = 0.43. Find the p-value.
given data are:-
hypothesis:-
[ claim of the company ]
this is a right tailed test.
the test statistic is :-
df = (n-1) =(51-1) = 50
the p value is :-
[ in any blank cell of excel type =CHISQ.DIST.RT(0.43,50) ]
decision:-
p value = 1 > 0.05 (alpha)
we fail to reject the null hypothesis. there is enough sample evidence to confirm the company's claim.
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