The time taken for healthy Canadian adults to complete a logic problem is believed to have a mean 40 seconds. It is of interest to investigate whether UBC students perform better on average than healthy adult Canadians, so the logic problem is given to a sample of 80 UBC students, and their times to solution are recorded. The sample mean and standard deviation are 36 seconds and 17 seconds.

Part a) What is/are the parameters of interest relevant to this hypothesis test? Choose all parameters that you use to set up the null and alternative hypotheses, as well as those referenced in the assumptions and derivation of the relevant test statistic.





Part b) In testing a hypothesis about a parameter of interest, what would your null hypothesis be?







Part c) You would take the alternative hypothesis to be:



Part d) Compute the test statistic (Please round your answer to three decimal places):

Part e) Assume all necessary conditions are met (random sampling, independence samples, large enough sample size). Which of the following approximate the sampling distribution of the test statistic in Part d:

Part f) Suppose that, based on data collected, you reject the null hypothesis. Which of the following could you conclude?





Part g) Suppose that, based on data collected, you decide that UBC students perform better on average than healthy adult Canadians.




Part h) Suppose that, based on the data collected, you obtain a -value of 0.02 (confirm this using the t-table). This means:





You can earn partial credit on this problem.