Hypothesis Testing Homework: Does Your Relationship Support Claim?

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The discussion revolves around hypothesis testing using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression results, where the null hypothesis (H0) states that b1 equals 5, while the alternative hypothesis (H1) posits that b1 does not equal 5. The calculated t-value of -9.99 falls outside the acceptance region defined by a significance level of 5%, leading to the rejection of H0. A minor correction is noted regarding the degrees of freedom used for the t-distribution, which should be 19 instead of 20, affecting the critical t-value. Despite this, the conclusion to reject H0 remains valid based on the calculated t-value. The discussion emphasizes the importance of accurate degrees of freedom in hypothesis testing.
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Homework Statement


I have used OLS and found that:
b0 = 6,85
b1 = 3,88 with se= 0,1121
n = 20


Person x claims that b1 = 5
Choose an alternative hypothesis. Does your estimated relationship support this claim?
Use a 5 % significance level



The Attempt at a Solution



H0 = b1 = 5
H1 b1!= 5
t((1-a)/2,18) = 2,101

t = (\overline{x} - h0)/se(b1) = (3,88 - 5)/(0.1122) = -9.99


t lies not in the interval +- 2,101 so I reject H0

Is this correct?
 
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MaxManus said:

Homework Statement


I have used OLS and found that:
b0 = 6,85
b1 = 3,88 with se= 0,1121
n = 20


Person x claims that b1 = 5
Choose an alternative hypothesis. Does your estimated relationship support this claim?
Use a 5 % significance level



The Attempt at a Solution



H0 = b1 = 5
H1 b1!= 5
t((1-a)/2,18) = 2,101

t = (\overline{x} - h0)/se(b1) = (3,88 - 5)/(0.1122) = -9.99


t lies not in the interval +- 2,101 so I reject H0

Is this correct?


se==? and does "b0 = 6,85" means "b0=6.85"?
 
Thanks for replying

Se = standard error

I'm not sure about what you mean with the last question, but b0 was point-estimated to be 6,85 or 6.85 if the comma was what you asked about.
 
From what I know of Hypothesis test and student T distribution (from Statistics course which I am still undertaking), your answer is correct ie "t" lies not in the acceptance region but in the left rejection region thus "H0" is discarded and "Ha" is accepted instead.

A very small error that i have noticed is that you were supposed to look for the range of acceptance region corresponding to "significance level =5% " and "degrees of freedom= n-1 =19" where as you seem to have looked it up for degrees of freedom = 20 which is not correct and might result in loss of a few marks in exams even though your answer is still correct.

So
t((1-a)/2,18) = 2.09 .....(At least in the table i posses)

I Hope you are satisfied with my reply.
 
Thanks:)
 

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