A Statistics professor has observed that for several years students score an average of 109 points out of 150 on the semester test. A salesman suggests that he try a statistics software package that gets students more involved with computers, predicting that it will increase students' scores. The software is expensive, and the salesman offers to let the professor use it for a semester to see if the scores on the final increase significantly. The professor will have to pay for the software only if he chooses to continue using it. In the trial course that used this software, 216 students scored an average of 112 points on the final with a standard deviation of 8.1 points. Part 1 a) Should the professor spend the money for this software? Support this recommendation with an appropriate test. Use =0.05. What are the null and alternative hypotheses?.

1. A Statistics professor has observed that for several years students score an average of 109 points
out of 150 on the semester test. A salesman suggests that he try a statistics software package that
gets students more involved with computers, predicting that it will increase students' scores. The
software is expensive, and the salesman offers to let the professor use it for a semester to see if
the scores on the final increase significantly. The professor will have to pay for the software only
if he chooses to continue using it. In the trial course that used this software, 216 students scored
an average of 112 points on the final with a standard deviation of 8.1 points.
Part 1
a) Should the professor spend the money for this software? Support this recommendation with an
appropriate test. Use
=0.05.
What are the null and alternative hypotheses?