A new cream that advertises 52% of women over the age of 50 will experience skin improvement from using their product.  A study was conducted in which a sample of 170 women over the age of 50 used the new cream for 6 months. Of those 170 women, 76 of them reported skin improvement (as judged by a dermatologist). Is this evidence that the cream will improve the skin of less than 52 % of women over the age of 50? Perform a hypothesis test using the 0.05 level of significance.   a. Calculate the test statistic. Show the formula you are using. b. Calculate the p value c. Explain what this p value means in the context of this problem using complete sentences d. Determine if you should reject or accept the null hypothesis and why.

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  1. A new cream that advertises 52% of women over the age of 50 will experience skin improvement from using their product.  A study was conducted in which a sample of 170 women over the age of 50 used the new cream for 6 months. Of those 170 women, 76 of them reported skin improvement (as judged by a dermatologist). Is this evidence that the cream will improve the skin of less than 52 % of women over the age of 50? Perform a hypothesis test using the 0.05 level of significance.

 

a. Calculate the test statistic. Show the formula you are using.

b. Calculate the p value

c. Explain what this p value means in the context of this problem using complete sentences

d. Determine if you should reject or accept the null hypothesis and why.

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