A farmer claims that the average mass of an apple grown in his orchard is 100g. To test this claim, he measures the mass of 150 apples that are grown in his orchard and determines the average mass per apple to be 98g. The results are calculated to be statistically significant at the 0.01 level. What is the correct interpretation of this calculation? A. The data are not statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
B. The mean mass of any 150 apples grown in the farmer's orchard is 98g.
C. At the 0.01 level of significance, the mean mass of the apples grown in the farmer's orchard is different from 100g.
D. At the 0.01 level of significance, the mean mass of the apples grown in the farmer's orchard is 98g.

C. At the 0.01 level of significance, the mean mass of the apples grown in the farmer's orchard is different from 100g.

Step-by-step explanation:

The null hypothesis is:

Because of the claim of the farmer.

The alternate hypothesis is:

The alternate hypothesis tests the farmer's claim at a significance level.

The results are calculated to be statistically significant at the 0.01 level.

This means that at the 0.01 level, the null hypothesis is rejected, that is, the mean mass of the farmer's orchard is different from 100. Since it is significant at the 0.01 level, it will be significant at the 0.05, 0.1, and increasing levels. So the correct answer is given by option C.

introduction, methodology, results, discussion

step-by-step explanation:

an observational study is one which consists of actual observation to record data and then analyse the data.

there are a number of factors that should be analyzed before starting an observational study.

the main four factors are:

i) introduction:   this should be analysed to check whether the purpose of the study is correctly established and the data recorded are appropriate for the study

methodology:   the method of collecting the data, such as whether randomly selected, and whether sample size matches with the population to be studied, whether questions asked are easy to answer by common men, etc.

results: then results such as summary of data with comments should be studied thoroughly

discussion:   the last is the discussion, this can be either by management people or persons who are all interested , etc.