The Late Show with David Leterman is seen by a relatively large percentage of household members who record the show for viewing at a more convenient time. The show’s marketing claims that the mean income of households with DVR’s is greater than $40,000. Test that claim using a 0.5% significance level.
A random sample of 1700 households with DVR’s produces a sample mean of $41,182 and a sample standard deviation of $19,990.
Perform a test of hypothesis to check the validity of the marketing managers claim by completing the following steps:

a) State the hypothesis
b) Find the standardized test statistic
c) Find the P-value
d) At a 0.01 state your decision

a) Null hypothesis:  

Alternative hypothesis:  

b)    

c) The first step is calculate the degrees of freedom, on this case:  

Since the sample size is large enough we cna use the z distribution as an approximation for the statsitic on this case.

Since is a one right tailed test the p value would be:  

d) If we compare the p value and the significance level given we see that so we can conclude that we have enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis at 1% of signficance.  So we can conclude that the true mean is higher than 40000 at the significance level assumed.

Step-by-step explanation:

Data given and notation  

represent the sample mean

represent the sample standard deviation

sample size  

represent the value that we want to test

represent the significance level for the hypothesis test.  

t would represent the statistic (variable of interest)  

represent the p value for the test (variable of interest)  

Part a: State the null and alternative hypotheses.  

We need to conduct a hypothesis in order to check if the true mean is greater than 40000, the system of hypothesis would be:  

Null hypothesis:  

Alternative hypothesis:  

If we analyze the size for the sample is > 30 but we don't know the population deviation so is better apply a t test to compare the actual mean to the reference value, and the statistic is given by:  

 (1)  

t-test: "Is used to compare group means. Is one of the most common tests and is used to determine if the mean is (higher, less or not equal) to an specified value".  

Part b: Calculate the statistic

We can replace in formula (1) the info given like this:  

Part c: P-value

The first step is calculate the degrees of freedom, on this case:  

Since the sample size is large enough we cna use the z distribution as an approximation for the statsitic on this case.

Since is a one right tailed test the p value would be:  

Part d: Conclusion  

If we compare the p value and the significance level given we see that so we can conclude that we have enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis at 1% of signficance.  So we can conclude that the true mean is higher than 40000 at the significance level assumed.

y = 2x

step-by-step explanation:

if you divide each number in the sequence, you'll see that they all have a multiple factor of 2. each number in the series, and any other numbers which may continue, will be multiplied by 2. therefore, y is the next number in the sequence, and x is the current one, so, our formula will be y = 2x.