A common characterization of obese individuals is that their body mass index is at least 30 [BMI = weight/(height)2, where height is in meters and weight is in kilograms]. An article reported that in a sample of female workers, 268 had BMIs of less than 25, 156 had BMIs that were at least 25 but less than 30, and 123 had BMIs exceeding 30. Is there compelling evidence for concluding that more than 20% of the individuals in the sampled population are obese? (c) What is the probability of not concluding that more than 20% of the population is obese when the actual percentage of obese individuals is 26%? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

A common characterization of obese individuals is that their body mass index is at least 30 [BMI = weight/(height)2, where height is in meters and weight is in kilograms]. An article reported that in a sample of female workers, 268 had BMIs of less than 25, 156 had BMIs that were at least 25 but less than 30, and 123 had BMIs exceeding 30. Is there compelling evidence for concluding that more than 20% of the individuals in the sampled population are obese? (c) What is the probability of not concluding that more than 20% of the population is obese when the actual percentage of obese individuals is 26%? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Author:Sheldon Ross

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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A common characterization of obese individuals is that their body mass index is at least 30 [BMI = weight/(height)2, where height is in meters and weight is in kilograms]. An article reported that in a sample of female workers, 269 had BMIs of less than 25, 156 had BMIs that were at least 25 but less than 30, and 121 had BMIs exceeding 30. Is there compelling evidence for concluding that more than 20% of the individuals in the sampled population are obese? (a) State the appropriate hypotheses with a significance level of 0.05. H0: p = 0.20Ha: p > 0.20H0: p > 0.20Ha: p = 0.20 H0: p = 0.20Ha: p < 0.20H0: p = 0.20Ha: p ≠ 0.20 Calculate the test statistic and determine the P-value. (Round your test statistic to two decimal places and your P-value to four decimal places.) z=P-value= What can you conclude? Reject the null hypothesis. There is sufficient evidence that more than 20% of the population of female workers is obese.Reject the null hypothesis. There is not…
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