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One Sample T Test Example Questions

The document provides a practice exercise for calculating critical values and rejection regions for one-sample t-tests with given sample sizes. It includes a table of critical t-values for various degrees of freedom at α = .05 and results from six datasets tested against a population mean of μ = 5. Additionally, it discusses outcomes for both two-tailed and one-tailed tests, highlighting decisions about null and alternative hypotheses.

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One Sample T Test Example Questions

The document provides a practice exercise for calculating critical values and rejection regions for one-sample t-tests with given sample sizes. It includes a table of critical t-values for various degrees of freedom at α = .05 and results from six datasets tested against a population mean of μ = 5. Additionally, it discusses outcomes for both two-tailed and one-tailed tests, highlighting decisions about null and alternative hypotheses.

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1) The purpose of this question is to help you practice finding critical values and rejection

regions for the one-sample t-test. For each value of N given, find the df. Then with α = .05,
indicate the value of tcrit for a two-tailed test.

N df tcrit
61
30
14
2
121
25

2) For each of the 6 datasets below (N = 6 for each), calculate a one-sample t-test with α
= .05 and a two-tailed test of significance. For each dataset, you will test to see if your sample
mean comes from a population in which μ = 5.

Set A Set B Set C Set D Set E Set F


x 6 4 7 5 4 6.5
s .89 1.26 3.03 .63 .92 1.05
sx
tobs
Decision
about H0
and H1

*Also, try practicing this question with a one-tailed test with the alternative hypothesis
stating “greater than”.

Answers are on the following page


ANSWERS

N df tcrit
61 60 2.0
30 29 2.045
14 13 2.16
2 1 12.706
121 120 1.980
25 24 2.064

Set A Set B Set C Set D Set E Set F


x 6 4 7 5 4 6.5
s .89 1.26 3.03 .63 .92 1.05
sx .36 .52 1.24 .26 .38 .43
tobs 2.78 -1.92 1.61 0 -2.63 3.49
Decision Reject H0 Fail to Fail to Fail to Reject H0 Reject H0
about H0 and accept reject H0 reject H0 reject H0 and accept and accept
and H1 H1 and reject and reject and reject H1 H1
H1 H1 H1

If α = .05, we had a one-tailed test, and the alternative stated “greater than”, we would fail to
reject the null in all circumstances except in Sets A and E.

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