Is there a relationship between confidence intervals and two-tailed hypothesis tests? Letc be the level of confidence used to construct a confidence interval from sample data. Let ? be the level of significance for a two-tailed hypothesis test. The following statement applies to hypothesis tests of the mean.
(A corresponding relationship between confidence intervals and two-tailed hypothesis tests also is valid for other parameters, such asp, μ1 − μ2, orp1 −p2, which we will study in later sections.) Whenever the value ofk given in the null hypothesis fallsoutside thec = 1 –α confidence interval for the parameter, wereject H0. For example, consider a two-tailed hypothesis test with ? = 0.01 and
A random sample of size 20 has a sample mean x = 19 from a population with standard deviation σ = 7.
(b) Using methods of Chapter 8, find theP-value for the hypothesis test. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
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