Math Problem Statement

A pizza delivery chain advertises that it will deliver your pizza in 2020 minutes from when the order is placed. Being a skeptic, you decide to test and see if the mean delivery time is actually more than 2020 minutes. For the simple random sample of 1414 customers who record the amount of time it takes for each of their pizzas to be delivered, the mean is 22.622.6 minutes with a standard deviation of 5.05.0 minutes. Assume that the population distribution is approximately normal. Perform a hypothesis test using a 0.0050.005 level of significance.

Step 1 of 3 :  

State the null and alternative hypotheses for the test. Fill in the blank below.

H0Ha: μ=20: μblank20

Solution

In this hypothesis test, we are checking whether the mean delivery time is actually greater than 20 minutes, as opposed to the chain's claim of delivering within 20 minutes.

Step 1: State the null and alternative hypotheses

  • The null hypothesis (H₀): The mean delivery time is 20 minutes, which aligns with the company's claim.

    H0:μ=20H_0: \mu = 20

  • The alternative hypothesis (Hₐ): The mean delivery time is greater than 20 minutes (since you are testing whether it's more than the claimed 20 minutes).

    Ha:μ>20H_a: \mu > 20

These hypotheses will be used for the hypothesis test.

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Related Questions:

  1. What kind of test statistic would be used in this scenario?
  2. Why do we assume the population is normally distributed for this test?
  3. How does the sample size affect the reliability of this hypothesis test?
  4. What does the significance level of 0.005 imply in terms of rejecting the null hypothesis?
  5. What are the possible outcomes of this hypothesis test?

Tip:

In hypothesis testing, if the p-value is less than the significance level, you reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis.

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Math Problem Analysis

Mathematical Concepts

Hypothesis Testing
Normal Distribution
Mean
Standard Deviation

Formulas

Null Hypothesis (H₀): μ = 20
Alternative Hypothesis (Hₐ): μ > 20
Test Statistic (z) = (sample mean - population mean) / (standard deviation / sqrt(sample size))

Theorems

Central Limit Theorem
Z-Test for Mean Hypothesis Testing

Suitable Grade Level

College Level Statistics