PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS/ STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
WITH SOFTWARE APPLICATION
SLP 1- UNIT 3- LESSON 2- HYPOTHESIS TESTING
ACTIVITY 25
Name:
Course/ Year
Formulate the null (Ho) and alternative (Ha) hypothesis for the following problems, then identify if it is
left-tailed or right-tailed, or non-directional/ two tailed.
1. A doctor wants to know if the average recovery time of a patient taking a particular medication is
decreased by one month.
Ho: _____________
Ha: _____________
2. The hospital wants to know if the proportion of dengue patients has increased by 10% from the
total dengue cases recorded in MCU.
Ho: _____________
Ha: _____________
3. A drug store wants to know if the average number of solid paracetamol tablets is more than 100
per day.
Ho: _____________
Ha: _____________
4. A researcher claims that black horses are, on average, more than 30 lbs. heavier than white
horses, which average is 1100 lbs.
Ho: _____________
Ha: _____________
5. A package of gum claims that the flavor lasts more than 39 minutes.
Ho: _____________
Ha: _____________
6. In the population of Americans who drink coffee, the average daily consumption is 3 cups per day.
A university wants to know if their students tend to drink more coffee than the national average.
Ho: _____________
Ha: _____________
7. Are less than 45 percent of the Grade 11 students are left-handed.
Ho: _____________
Ha: _____________
8. Is the mean number of voters registered through biometrics more than 90 percent?
Ho: _____________
Ha: _____________
9. Is there strong evidence that more than 20 percent of the traffic enforcers are deployed in the
streets on time?
Ho: _____________
Ha: _____________
10. A sales agent claims that the average market value of the houses they sell is at least Php 1.5
million.
Ho: _____________
Prepared by: Mr. John Marvin S. Canaria
Ha:
_____________
Prepared by: Mr. John Marvin S. Canaria