The production manager of ABC company recorded production figures of seed paddy for randomly selected 20 days. According to the productivity of the seed paddy processing machine used by ABC company, mean seed paddy production should be 85,000 bushels per day. The production manager of this company wanted to check whether the mean seed paddy production is significantly different from the standard production value of 85,000 bushels. In order to check the above-mentioned mean value, the production manager has recorded seed paddy production figures for 20 days. Assume that data follow normal distribution.
Seed paddy production was recorded as shown below (values are given in thousands).
45 90 88 87 110 95 88 99 93 92
122 71 66 98 80 102 60 112 100 98


1. Enter given data into SPSS accurately by defining variables. (03 marks)

2. Which statistical method is suitable to perform above mentioned analysis? Justify your answer (6 marks).

3. Write down relevant hypothesis to test whether the mean seed paddy production is significantly different from the standard value of 85,000 bushels (02 marks)