A hospital claims that the proportion, p, of full-term babies born in their hospital that weigh more than 7 pounds is 35%. In a random sample of 145 babies born in this hospital, 34 weighed over 7 pounds. Is there enough evidence to reject the hospital's claim at the 0.01 level of significance? Perform a two-tailed test. Then fill in the table below. Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places and round your answers as specified in the table. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.) The null hypothesis: H0:   The alternative hypothesis: H1:   The type of test statistic: (Choose one) Z t Chi square F             The value of the test statistic: (Round to at least three decimal places.)

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A hospital claims that the proportion, p, of full-term babies born in their hospital that weigh more than 7 pounds is 35%. In a random sample of 145 babies born in this hospital, 34 weighed over 7 pounds. Is there enough evidence to reject the hospital's claim at the 0.01 level of significance?

Perform a two-tailed test. Then fill in the table below.

Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places and round your answers as specified in the table. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)

The null hypothesis:
H0:
 
The alternative hypothesis:
H1:
 
The type of test statistic:

(Choose one)

Z

t

Chi square

F

     
     
The value of the test statistic:
(Round to at least three decimal places.)
 

 

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