A school teacher is worried that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon gas in her classroom is greater than the s
afe level of 4pCi/L. The school samples the air for 36 days and finds an average concentration of 4.4pCi/L with a standard deviation of 1pCi/L. In order to test whether the average level of radon gas is greater than the safe level, the appropriate hypotheses are:_______
The null hypothesis is that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon gas in her classroom is less than or equal to the safe level of 4pCi/L
H0 ; μ ≤ 4 pCi/L
The alternative hypothesis is that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon gas in her classroom is greater than the safe level of 4pCi/L.
Ha ; μ > 4 pCi/L
Step-by-step explanation:
The null hypothesis (H0) tries to show that no significant variation exists between variables or that a single variable is no different than its mean. While an alternative Hypothesis (Ha) attempt to prove that a new theory is true rather than the old one. That a variable is significantly different from the mean.
The null hypothesis is that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon gas in her classroom is less than or equal to the safe level of 4pCi/L
H0 ; μ ≤ 4 pCi/L
The alternative hypothesis is that the concentration of dangerous, cancer-causing radon gas in her classroom is greater than the safe level of 4pCi/L.
