Question 5 • Probability and Statistics with Applications Honors Sem-2-FL-1210300 (2024-2025)
A school newspaper article claims that the mean weight of student backpacks is 20 pounds. A student of this school would like to test the hypotheses = 20 versus 20 where μ = the true mean weight of all backpacks using a random sample of 30 students. The power of this test to reject the null hypothesis when μ = 19.5 is 0.78 when a significance level of 0.05 is used. Which of the following would increase the power of this test?
Answer
A
decrease the significance level to 0.01
B
decrease the sample size to 25 students
C
increase the sample size to 50 students
D
increase the alternative value of the parameter to μ = 19.75