Question

A school district has decided that students in grades 7 through 12 should receive 400 minutes of physical education every 10 school days. A gym teacher at one of the schools believes that his students are not meeting this criterion. She randomly selects 50 students and it is found that her students have a mean of 385 minutes and a standard deviation of 55 minutes. Is this evidence to support her claim?

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the information provided we can say that Yes, this is enough evidence to support her claim. Since the 50 students were randomly selected and the physical education criteria applies to all of the students in that grade range then these 50 students perfectly represent the total population. That being the case, the results gathered to show that with a standard deviation of 55 minutes some students are surpassing the requirement by very little but others are falling very far from that requirement. When it is a requirement for all of the students in that grade range. Therefore, it is enough to support her claim.