Posted by Renee on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 1:09pm.
You can use a one-sample z-test on this data.
Null hypothesis:
Ho: µ = 3 -->meaning: population mean is equal to 3 minutes
Alternate hypothesis:
Ha: µ < 3 -->meaning: population mean is less than 3 minutes
Using the z-test formula to find the test statistic:
z = (sample mean - population mean)/(standard deviation divided by the square root of the sample size)
z = (2.75 - 3)/(1/√50)
I'll let you finish the calculation.
Check a z-table for your critical or cutoff value at .05 level of significance for a one-tailed test (the alternate hypothesis is showing a specific direction; therefore, the test is one-tailed). Compare the test statistic you calculated to the critical value from the table. If the test statistic exceeds the critical value, reject the null and conclude that the mean waiting time is less than 3 minutes. If the test statistic does not exceed the critical value from the table, you cannot reject the null and conclude a difference.
I hope this will help.
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