Posted: November 9th, 2016

Is the waiting time at the local Farmer Jack’s less than that reported in the national magazine? Use the 0.010 significance level. a. What is the decision rule?

A national grocer’s magazine reports the typical shopper spends 9.5 minutes in line waiting to check out. A sample of 27 shoppers at the local Farmer Jack’s showed a mean of 9.1 minutes with a standard deviation of 2.2 minutes. Is the waiting time at the local Farmer Jack’s less than that reported in the national magazine? Use the 0.010 significance level. a. What is the decision rule? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.) Reject H0: µ ? 9.5 and fail to reject H1: µ < 9.5 when the test statistic is (Click to select)less thanequal togreater than . b. The value of the test statistic is . (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)