A nutrition expert claims that the average American is overweight.
To test his claim, a random sample of 20 Americans was selected,
and the difference between each person's actual weight and idea weight
was calculated. For this data, we have and
. Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the
expert's claim is true? Carry out a hypothesis test at a
2% significance level.
A. The value of the standardized test statistic:
Note: For the next part, your answer should use interval notation. An
answer of the form is expressed (-infty, a), an answer of the
form is expressed (b, infty), and an answer of the
form is expressed (-infty, a)U(b, infty).
B. The rejection region for the standardized test statistic:
C. The p-value is
D. Your decision for the hypothesis test:
In order to get credit for this problem all answers must be correct.