Choose a variable (such as number of daily admissions at a local theater or number of miles students have to commute daily to get to their college.) Before collecting the data, decide what a likely average might be, then complete the following:

a. Write a brief statement of purpose of the study

b. Define the population

c. State the hypotheses for the study

d. Select an a value

e. State how the sample was selected

f. Show the raw data

g. Compute the test statistic

h. Find the critical values(s)

i. State the decision

j. Summarize the results