Small, energy-efficient, Internet-centric, new computers are increasingly gaining popularity (The New York Times, July 20, 2008). Some of the biggest companies are wary of the new breed of computers because their low price could threaten PC makers’ already thin profit margins. An analyst comments that the larger companies have a cause for concern since the mean price of these small computers has fallen below $350. She examines six popular brands of these small computers and records their retail prices as given below:

$322 $269 $373 $412 $299 $389

Required:
a. What assumption regarding the distribution of the price of small computers is necessary to test the analyst’s claim?
b. Select the appropriate null and the alternative hypotheses to test the analyst’s claim.

1. H0: μ = 350; HA: μ ≠ 350
2. H0: μ ≤ 350; HA: μ > 350
3. H0: μ ≥ 350; HA: μ < 350

c. Calculate the value of the test statistic.
d. At the 5% significance level, what is the critical value(s)?

Answer:

(a) The assumption regarding the distribution of the price of small computers which is necessary to test the analyst’s claim are;

(b) H0: μ ≥ 350; HA: μ < 350

(c) The value of the t-test statistic is -0.263.

(d) At a 5% significance level, the t table gives a critical value of -2.015 at 5 degrees of freedom for the left tailed test.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that an analyst comments that the larger companies have a cause for concern since the mean price of these small computers has fallen below $350.

She examines six popular brands of these small computers and records their retail prices as given below:

$322, $269, $373, $412, $299, $389.

(a) The assumption regarding the distribution of the price of small computers which is necessary to test the analyst’s claim are;

(b) Let [tex]\mu[/tex] = population mean price of these small computers

So, Null Hypothesis, [tex]H_0[/tex] : μ ≥ 350    {means that the mean price of these small computers is more than or equal to $350}

Alternate Hypothesis, [tex]H_A[/tex] : μ < 350    {means that the mean price of these small computers has fallen below $350}

(c) The test statistics that will be used here is one-sample t-test statistics because we don't know about the population standard deviation;

                          T.S. = [tex]\frac{\bar X-\mu}{\frac{s}{\sqrt{n} } }[/tex]  ~ [tex]t_n_-_1[/tex]

where, [tex]\bar X[/tex] = sample mean price = [tex]\frac{\sum X}{n}[/tex] = $344

            s = sample standard deviation = [tex]\sqrt{\frac{\sum(X-\bar X)^{2} }{n-1} }[/tex] = $55.89

            n = sample of prices = 6

So, the test statistics = [tex]\frac{344-350}{\frac{55.89}{\sqrt{6} } }[/tex]  ~ [tex]t_5[/tex]

                                 = -0.263

The value of the t-test statistic is -0.263.

(d) Now, at a 5% significance level, the t table gives a critical value of -2.015 at 5 degrees of freedom for the left tailed test.

Since the value of our test statistics is more than the critical value of t as -0.263 > -2.015, so we have insufficient evidence to reject our null hypothesis as it will not fall in the rejection region.

Therefore, we conclude that the mean price of these small computers is more than or equal to $350.

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