An army depot that overhauls ground mobile radar systems is interested in improving its processes. One problem involves troubleshooting a particular component that has a high
Failure rate after it has been repaired and reinstalled in the system. The shop floor Supervisor believes that having standard work procedures in place will reduce the time Required for troubleshooting this component. Time (in minutes) required troubleshooting This component without and with the standard work procedure is recorded for a sample of 19 employees. The P-value associated with the calculated test statistic is

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An army depot that overhauls ground mobile radar systems is interested in improving its processes. One problem involves troubleshooting a particular component that has a high
Failure rate after it has been repaired and reinstalled in the system. The shop floor Supervisor believes that having standard work procedures in place will reduce the time Required for troubleshooting this component. Time (in minutes) required troubleshooting This component without and with the standard work procedure is recorded for a sample of 19 employees. The P-value associated with the calculated test statistic is < 0.001. At α =0.05, the correct conclusion is to
A) reject the null hypothesis.
B) fail to reject the null hypothesis.
C) conclude that having standard work procedures in place reduces troubleshooting time for
This component.
D) Both A and C.
E) Both B and C.

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The P-value associated with the calculated test statistic is less than 0.001, which is smaller than the significance level of 0.05. Therefore, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that having standard work procedures in place reduces troubleshooting time for this component. Option D is correct because it includes both rejecting the null hypothesis and concluding that having standard work procedures in place reduces troubleshooting time for this component.

An Army Depot That Overhauls Ground Mobile Radar Systems Is