Z-Test

T- Test
Santos, Freddie
Corpuz, Grace
Molina, Jappy

Z- test and T-test

are basically the
same. They
compare between
two means to
suggest whether
both samples come
from the same

Z- test= Grouped
Data (30 or more)
T- test= Ungrouped
Data (less than 30)

We can test the hypothesis by

using the 4-Step Solution:
1.State the null (Ho) and alternative
(Ha) hypotheses.
2. Determine if one-tailed or twotailed/ grouped or ungrouped. Get
the tabular value.
3. Get for the computed value/ score.
4. Compare the computed value (Zc)
from the tabular value (Zt). Interpret.

If |tabular value| > Accept Ho,

Reject Ha.
If |computed value| > Reject
Ho,
Accept Ha.

TEST OF MEANS
(One Sample) aims
to find out if a
population
characteristic, as
indicated by the
mean has changed.

T- Test

The average score in a simple English

proficiency test for OFWs has been
computed to be 60%. With this average,
there were no complaints about Filipino
workers use of English. Lately a recruiter
of Filipino workers for firms in the Middle
East and South East Asia has been
receiving some complaints that managers
abroad are finding it more difficult to
communicate with Filipino workers in
English. The labor recruiter decides to
test the hypothesis that the use of English
by Filipino workers abroad has been
deteriorating.

He takes a small sample of 15 Filipino

applicant workers and gives them
the English proficiency test. He finds
the average score of the sample to
be 57% with a standard deviation of
7%. At 5% level of significance, are
the complaints of OFWs in regard to
their use of English, sufficiently
widespread as to put Filipino OFWs
at a disadvantage?

Given :
Population Mean. =60 %
Sample mean X = 57%
Sample standard deviation ,
s = 7%
Sample size, n = 15
Level of significance = 5%

2. Tabular value is -1.761

Based on df = n 1
= 15 1 = 14
Level of significance = 5%
One tailed test

In stating the Ho, please

take note that it is always
in the negative form. It
should be written both in
equation and in statement
form.

2. At 5% level of significance, a
professor wants to know if her
introductory statistics class
has a good grasp of basic math.
Six students are chosen at
random from the class and
given a math proficiency test.
The professor wants the class
to be able to score above 70 on
the test. The six students get
scores of 62, 92, 75, 68, 83, and

1.Ho 1=70; Ha 2>70

2.Tabular value= 2.015
level of s= 5% df= 6-1 =5
3.Computed value= 1.71
4.1.71 < 2.015 Reject Ha,
Accept Ho

Z-Test

The manufacturing sector for

flashlight
batteries
produces
batteries with an average life of
35
hours.
One
manufacturer
claims that the average life of his
batteries exceeds the established
standard of 35 hours. A mining
firm would like to buy a fairly large
quantity of batteries from the
manufacturer if his claim is tested
to be true.

At 1% level of significance, do
you think that the mining firm
will decide to buy from the
said manufacturer? Random
samples of 100 flashlight
batteries are tested. It is found
that the average life of the
sample batteries is 38 hours
with the standard deviation of
5
hours.

Given:
Population mean, =35
hours
Sample mean, X=38
hours
Sample size, n = 100
Level of significance = 1%

4- Step
Solution

1. Null Hypothesis
Ho: =35 (That the average life
of the manufacturers batteries
is
not
different
from
the
established population standard
of 35 hours.)
Alternative Hypothesis
Ha: >35 (that the average life
of the manufacturers batteries
is greater than the established
standard of 35 hours)

2.Tabular Value
Zt = 2.33
Based on 1%
level of
significance and
one tailed test

4. Conclusion
The computed Z score of 6 is
greater than the tabular value
of 2.33. Therefore, Reject Ho
(accept Ha)
The average life of the
manufacturers
batteries
is
greater than the established
average of 35 hours.

TEST OF DIFFERENCE
OF MEANS aims to
determine if the
same characteristic
between two
populations is
significantly
different.

An agricultural research institute is

studying two new varieties of Palay both of
which are reputedly high-yielding varieties.
There are some studies which suggest that
the difference in the yield per hectare may
be significant. The head of the institute
decides to find out if there is, in fact, a
significant difference in yield. Forty
hectares are planted to variety A and 30
hectares to variety B. Both varieties are
grown
under
identical
laboratory
conditions. At harvest time, the results
are :

Variety A

Variety B

Average
yield per
hectare, X

250
cavans

240 cavans

Standard
deviation, s

20
cavans

15 cavans

At 1% level of significance, is
there a significant difference in
the yield of the two palay

Solution
Given:

Variety
A
Sample
X1 =
mean
250
Sample N1= 40
size
hectare
s

Variety B
X2 = 240
N2= 30
hectares

4. Conclusion

The computed value of Z which is

2.39 is less than the tabular value
of 2.58.
Therefore, we accept Ho.
Ho:
there
is
no
significant
difference in the yield per hectare
of varieties A and B.

4-STEP SOLUTION
1.State the null and alternative
hypothesis.
2.Get the tabular value.
3.Solve for the computed value.
4.Compare the computed value
(zc) from the tabular value (zt).

An experiment is conducted to
determine whether intensive tutoring
(covering a great deal of material in a
fixed amount of time) is more
effective than paced tutoring
(covering less material in the same
amount of time). Two randomly
chosen groups are tutored separately
and then administered proficiency
tests. Use a significance level of 0.05.
Let 1= population mean for the
intensive tutoring group
2= population mean for the paced
tutoring group.