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The mean wait time at the drive-through of a fast food restaurant from the time

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Question

The mean wait time at the drive-through of a fast food restaurant from the time the order is placed to the time the order is received is 86.8 seconds. A manager devises a new drive-through system that he believes will improve (shorten) wait time. As a test, he initiates the new system at his restaurant and measures wait time for 10 randomly selected orders. The wait times, in seconds, are as follows: 107.4 68.7 57.3 75.8 64.4 93.4 84.180.3 72.2 86.4 a) Using the normal probability plot and the boxplot below, are the conditions for testing the hypothesis satisfied? Please explain your answer. Drise-Through Dedori 123 b) Is the new system effective? Conduct a hypothesis test using the classical approach with a 10% level of significance. c) Based on your results of the hypothesis test-the decision you made in part b, what type of error might have occurred? Please explain.

Explanation / Answer

a)

yes ,

b)

One-Sample T: C6

Test of = 86.8 vs < 86.8


Variable   N   Mean StDev SE Mean 90% Upper Bound      T      P
C6           10 79.00 14.69     4.65            85.43 -1.68 0.064

p-value = 0.064

since p-value < 0.10

we reject the null hypothesis

c) type i error

A Type 1 Error is a false positive -- i.e. you falsely reject the (true) null hypothesis.