Question

5. Assume that the average length of jail in pretrial in the state of Florida is 90 days. Use the

data to perform a hypothesis test to determine if the average length of jail in pretrial in your

sample is significantly different from the average length of jail in pretrial in Florida. The

variable that measures the average length of jail in pretrial is JAIL CREDIT. Use a .05 level of

statistical significance. Run the one-sample t-test in Excel. In your summary, please discuss

the null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, the result of this hypothesis test, and interpret the

result.