A paint manufacturer wishes to validate its advertisement
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Updated on: 09/24/2016 01:41 AM Due on: 09/24/2016

1. A paint manufacturer wishes to validate its advertisement statement that a gallon of its paint
covers on average more than 400 square feet. An independent testing laboratory is hired to
evaluate the advertisement statement based on fifty 1-gallon cans of paint randomly selected
from the manufacturer’s warehouse. (Data is not shown, but use JMP output to answer these
questions)
a.
What is the research hypothesis that the manufacturer wants to test? Write out the null and
alternative hypothesis being tested
b.
Is this data skewed left, skewed right, or symmetric?
c.
Using the appropriate test for the research hypothesis, what can the paint manufacturer claim
about the advertisement of covering at least 400 square feet?
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covers on average more than 400 square feet. An independent testing laboratory is hired to
evaluate the advertisement statement based on fifty 1-gallon cans of paint randomly selected
from the manufacturer’s warehouse. (Data is not shown, but use JMP output to answer these
questions)
a.
What is the research hypothesis that the manufacturer wants to test? Write out the null and
alternative hypothesis being tested
b.
Is this data skewed left, skewed right, or symmetric?
c.
Using the appropriate test for the research hypothesis, what can the paint manufacturer claim
about the advertisement of covering at least 400 square feet?
*scroll down for the screenshot. Already providing what is needed to answer the question.

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Solution: A paint manufacturer wishes to validate its advertisement