Allied Corporation Is Trying to Determine Whether to Purchase Machine

Essay

Allied Corporation is trying to determine whether to purchase Machine A or B.It has leased the two machines for a month.A random sample of 5 employees has been taken.These employees have gone through a training session on both machines.Below you are given information on their productivity rate on both machines.(Let the difference d = Machine A - Machine B. )

a.State the null and alternative hypotheses for a two-tailed test.
b.Find the mean and standard deviation for the difference.
c.Compute the test statistic.
d.Test the null hypothesis stated in Part a at the 10% level.