State the null and the alternative hypotheses of the following
statements.
1. A medical trial is conducted to test whether or not a new medicine
reduces uric acid by 50%.
: ____________________________________________________
: ____________________________________________________
2. We want to test whether the general average of students in Math is
different from 80%.
: ____________________________________________________
: ____________________________________________________
3. We want to test whether the mean height of Grade 8 students is 58
inches.
: ____________________________________________________
: ____________________________________________________
4. We want to test if LPIHS students take more than four years to graduate
from high school, on the average.
: ____________________________________________________
: ____________________________________________________
5. We want to test if it takes less than 60 minutes to answer the quarterly
test in Calculus.
: ____________________________________________________
: ____________________________________________________
6. A medical test is conducted to determine whether or not a new vaccine
reduces the complications of dengue fever.
: ____________________________________________________
: ____________________________________________________
7. The enrolment in high school this school year increases by 10%.
: ____________________________________________________
: ____________________________________________________
8. The intelligence quotient of male grade 11 students is the same as the
female students.
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9. The school want to test if the students in Grade 7 prefer online distance
learning as the method of instruction.
: ____________________________________________________
: ____________________________________________________
10. The school librarian wants to find out if there was an increase in the
number of students accessing the school library.
: ____________________________________________________