Math Problem Statement

It is commonly believed that the mean body temperature of a healthy adult is . You are not entirely convinced. You believe that it is not . You collected data using 39 healthy people and found that they had a mean body temperature of with a standard deviation of . Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the mean body temperature of a healthy adult is not .d) Calculate your test statistic. (Round your final answer to two decimal places.

e) Calculate your p-value. (Round your final answer to four decimal places.

Solution

To answer this, let's denote the known parameters:

  1. Let μ0\mu_0 represent the commonly believed mean body temperature of a healthy adult.
  2. Let xˉ\bar{x} represent the mean body temperature from your sample of 39 healthy individuals.
  3. Let ss be the standard deviation of the sample.
  4. The significance level is α=0.05\alpha = 0.05.

Part (d): Calculate the Test Statistic

For a hypothesis test regarding the mean when the population standard deviation is unknown, we use a t-test. The test statistic tt is calculated as follows:

t=xˉμ0snt = \frac{\bar{x} - \mu_0}{\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}}

where:

  • xˉ\bar{x} = sample mean body temperature
  • μ0\mu_0 = hypothesized mean body temperature
  • ss = sample standard deviation
  • nn = sample size (39 in this case)

Part (e): Calculate the p-value

Since this is a two-tailed test, we need to find the probability that the test statistic is at least as extreme as the observed value (in both directions). This requires calculating the p-value based on the t-distribution with n1n - 1 (i.e., 38) degrees of freedom.

If you provide the actual values for μ0\mu_0, xˉ\bar{x}, and ss, I can complete the calculations for you.

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Math Problem Analysis

Mathematical Concepts

Statistics
Hypothesis Testing
T-Distribution

Formulas

Test statistic for a t-test: t = (x̄ - μ₀) / (s / √n)

Theorems

Central Limit Theorem
Student's t-distribution

Suitable Grade Level

College level