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Find significance levels that reject a wage claim
In year 2008, a survey was done by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to determine the amount of daily wages, denoted as , that part-time workers were receiving. Past records show that on average, the wages that each worker received was $30.
A year later, MOM wants to find out if there is a change in the mean wage. Data from 90 workers are collected and their wages are summarized as shown below:
Calculate the unbiased estimate of the variance of . mark
MOM decides to do a test on the collected data. Find the range of values of if MOM were to conclude that there is a change in the mean wage at level of significance. marks
[2009/NJC/II/7(part of)]
CJC · Review problems · Question 3
Compare p with α/100, because α is expressed as a percentage.