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Rejection Region – It refers to the region under the normal curve where the value of the test

statistic lies for which the null hypothesis will be rejected. This region is sometimes called critical
region.

Rejection Regions in One-Tailed and Two-Tailed Tests


Direction of the Hypothesis Alternative Graphical Representation
Testing Hypothesis, Ha
Two-Tailed Test Ha: Parameter ≠ Value
(Non-Directional Test)

One-Tailed Test Right- Ha: Parameter > Value


(One-Directional Tailed Test
Test)

Left-Tailed Ha: Parameter < Value


Test

Recall: Test Statistics we have encountered so far


are z-statistic and t-statistic in comparing
population mean and sample mean.

Therefore, if the computed statistic lies on the rejection region, then we reject the null hypothesis.
But, if it is found outside the rejection region, we do not reject (accept) the null hypothesis.

Notice also that there is a line that separates the rejection region from the non-rejection region
denoted by 1 – α. This line passes through the confidence coefficients, which are also called
critical values.

Table of Critical Values for z-statistic using Commonly used Alpha Levels
The table of critical values of z shows
that for a 95% confidence level, the
critical values for a non–directional test
are –1.96 and +1.96. The negative ( - )
and positive (+) signs tell that the
rejection region is found on both tails of
the distribution. Moreover, for a
directional test the critical value at 95% confidence level is +1.64 for right–tailed and –1.64 for
left – tailed.

Steps in Testing the Hypothesis (Test Statistics Approach)


Direction: Apply the steps in hypothesis testing to test the validity of the claim in each situation
below.

Example 1: A pharmaceutical company claimed that a new drug introduced in the market
could help women reduce weight by 4.5 kg per month with a standard deviation of 0.8 kg.
A sample of 12 women were randomly chosen and found to have reduced their weight at
an average of 4.12 kg in a span of one month. Does this data make the claim of the
manufacturer valid at 0.05 level of significance?
Example 2: A senior high school researcher believes that it costs more than Php 60 000 a
year to send a child to college. To test this claim, a random sample of 50 families having
college students were selected. It was found that the average expenses for these families
reveal a mean of Php 62 000 with a standard deviation of Php 3 400. Test whether the senior
high school researcher’s claim is valid using a 0.05 level of significance.
Example 3: A printer manufacturing company claims that their new printer in the market is
ink efficient. It can print an average of 1400 pages of text documents. To check this claim,
a random sample of 28 printers has been tested and revealed a mean of 1450 pages with a
standard deviation of 50. Does this result support the company’s claim? Test the validity
of the claim at 5% significance level.
Try this out!
Exercises: In a clean sheet of paper write your answer. This will be submitted via google
forms.Apply the steps in hypothesis testing to test the validity of the claim in each situation below.

1. The average IQ of a certain population is 100 with a standard deviation of 15. A team of
scientists wants to test a new medication to see if it has either a positive or negative effect
on intelligence, or no effect at all. A random sample of 30 participants who have taking the
medication has a mean of 140. Did the medication affect intelligence, test the claim using
𝛼 = 0.05.

2. A simple random sample of 15 people from a certain population has a mean age of 35
with a standard deviation of 20. Can we conclude that the mean age of the population is
younger than 35? Let alpha = .05.

3. A manufacturer of a bicycle tires has developed a new design which he claims has an
average life span of 5 years with a standard deviation of 1.2 years. A dealer of the product
claims that the average life span is 150 samples of the tires is only 3.5 years. Test the
claim of the dealer at 5% level of significance.

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