3)

Column1
Data
27
39
28
41
47
42
35
32
38

Mean
Standard Error
Median
Mode
Standard Deviation
Sample Variance
Kurtosis
Skewness
Range
Minimum
Maximum
Sum
Count

t-test
p-value for 2 tailed test
p-value for right tailed test
p-value for left tailed test

36.5555555556
2.218051642
38
Err:512
6.6541549259
44.2777777778
-0.8360303459
-0.1041388027
20
27
47
329
9

-2.4546067104
0.0396508393
0.0198254197
0.9801745803

Since the t- test is left-tailed test, P-value = 0.9802

Since (P-value = 0.9802)>( = 0.03), We do not reject H_0.
CONCLUSION: At = 0.03, there is not enough evidence to support the maunfacture's
claim that the new method have a smaller mean.