Confirmed Cases of West Nile Virus in Birds for a Sample

question 86

Essay

Confirmed cases of West Nile virus in birds for a sample of six counties in the state of Georgia are shown below.

We are interested in testing the following hypotheses regarding these data:
H₀: $\mu$ 3
H_a: $\mu$ > 3
a.Compute the mean and the standard deviation of the sample.
b.Compute the standard error of the mean.
c.Determine the test statistic.
d.Determine the p-value and at 95% confidence,test the hypotheses.

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