The mean heigh of American Males is 69.5 inches. The height of the 43 male presidents have a mean 70.78 inches and a standard deviation of 2.77 inches. Treating the 43 presidents as a simple random sample, determine if there is evidence to suggest that the US presidents are taller than the average American male. Use the a= 0.05 level of significance.

There is sufficient statistical evidence to suggest that the US presidents are taller than the average American male

Step-by-step explanation:

The given parameters are;

The mean height of American Males, μ = 69.5 inches

The mean height of 43 male presidents, = 70.78

The standard deviation, s = 2.77 inches

The number of male presidents = 43

The null hypothesis; H₀ μ =

The alternative hypothesis; Hₐ μ ≠

The significance level, α = 0.05

The t test for the sample with unknown population standard deviation is given as follows;

Therefore, we have;

The degrees of freedom, df = n - 1 = 43 - 1 = 42

The critical 't' value = 2.0181

Therefore, given that the t test value is larger than the critical-t, we reject the null hypothesis, therefore, there is sufficient statistical evidence to suggest that the US presidents are taller than the average American male

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