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Water consumption

MonthWater
January 830
February 5560
March 11390
April 8330
May 5280
June 10010
July 5000
August 10560
September 10260
October 9790

The data is the gallons of water used in a home per month in 2013.

  1. n = __________ Calculate the sample size n.
  2. x = __________ Calculate the sample mean x.
  3. sx = __________ Calculate the sample standard deviation sx.
  4. SE = __________ Calculate the standard error SE.
  5. tc = ____________________ Given a confidence level c = 0.95, calculate tcritical
  6. E = _________ Calculate the margin of error E for the sample mean x.
  7. Write out the 95% confidence interval for the possible population mean μ
    p(_____________ < μ < ___________) = 0.95
  8. _______________ In 2012 the home was averaging 12800 gallons per month at an average cost of $30.34 per month. The family in the home committed to using less water per month in 2013. Is 12800 gallons a possible population mean for the sample data?
  9. _______________ Did the home use statistically significantly less water per month in 2013 at a confidence level of 95%?

    Given a null hypothesis of H0: μ = 12800
    and the alternative hypothesis of H1: μ ≠ 12800
    Run a hypothesis test at a risk of a type I error alpha α = 0.05
  10. t = ____________________ Calculate the t-statistic t
  11. p-value = ____________________ Use =tdist(abs(t),n−1,2) to calculate the p-value.
  12. ____________________ Calculate the largest possible confidence interval which does not include 12800 by calculating 1 − p-value.
  13. ____________________ Is the sample mean x statistically significantly different from the population mean μ of 12800?
  14. _____________________ At an alpha α of 5%, would you fail to reject |or| reject the null hypothesis?
  15. _______________ Is the home using less water in 2013 at an alpha of 5%?