The data shown above reflects the number of wins for the Chicago Bears in each season since 1978 when the NFL went to a 16 game season. The only season left out was the 1982 strike shortened season. Test the alternate hypothesis that "da Bears" are a winning football team against the null hypothesis that "da Bears" are merely a .500 ball club.
Set up the statistical test by pressing 2ndF QUIT STAT , touching E TEST, and double touching 03 Ttest1samp. The
Set the alternate hypothesis to µ > µo by pressing
▼ ▼
ENTER . Set the null
hypothesis equal to 8 wins by pressing ▼ 8 ENTER . The null hypothesis was set equal to 8, since eight wins would represent a .500 season. Set the List to L1 by pressing 2ndF L1 ENTER .
Press 2ndF EXE to compute the statistical test. The following results will be displayed.