13) A pharmaceutical firm is conducting a study and the data appears below.

a) What is the appropriate null and alternate hypothesis to determine if generic drug selection depends on length of prescription?

b) Test the hypothesis of part a).

c) Using alpha = 0.05, draw a conclusion for the hypothesis test and state the conclusion in the context of the problem.

Perscription Length Generic Box Checked

1 1wk No

2 1wk Yes

3 1wk Yes

4 30 day Yes

5 30 day No

6 30 day Yes

7 1wk No

8 30 day No

9 30 day No

10 1wk Yes

11 1wk Yes

12 1wk Yes

13 1wk No

14 1wk No

15 30 day No

16 30 day Yes

17 1wk No

18 1wk No

19 1wk No

20 30 day No

21 1wk No

22 30 day No

23 30 day Yes

24 1wk No

25 1wk Yes

26 1wk Yes

27 30 day No

28 1wk Yes

29 1wk No

30 1wk No

31 30 day Yes

32 30 day No

33 1wk No

34 1wk Yes

35 30 day Yes

36 30 day No

37 1wk No

38 30 day No

39 1wk Yes

40 30 day Yes

41 1wk No

42 1wk Yes

43 1wk Yes

44 30 day Yes

45 30 day Yes

46 30 day No

47 1wk Yes

48 1wk Yes

49 30 day Yes

50 30 day Yes

51 1wk No

52 1wk No

53 1wk Yes

54 30 day No

55 30 day No

56 30 day No

57 1wk No

58 30 day Yes

59 30 day Yes

60 1wk Yes

61 30 day No

62 30 day Yes

63 1wk No

64 30 day Yes

65 30 day No

66 1wk No

67 30 day Yes

68 1wk No

69 1wk No

70 1wk Yes

71 1wk No

72 30 day No

73 1wk No

74 30 day Yes

75 30 day No

76 1wk No

77 1wk Yes

78 1wk No

79 1wk No

80 1wk No

81 30 day Yes

82 1wk No

83 30 day Yes

84 1wk No

85 1wk Yes

86 30 day Yes

87 30 day No

88 1wk No

89 1wk No

90 30 day No

91 1wk No

92 1wk No

93 30 day No

94 30 day No

95 1wk No

96 1wk No

97 1wk No

98 1wk Yes

99 1wk No

100 30 day Yes

101 30 day Yes

102 30 day Yes

103 30 day No

104 1wk No

105 30 day No

106 1wk Yes

107 1wk No

108 1wk Yes

109 30 day Yes

110 1wk No

111 1wk No

112 1wk No

113 1wk No

114 30 day No

115 1wk No

116 30 day No

117 30 day Yes

118 1wk Yes

119 1wk No

120 1wk No

121 30 day Yes

122 1wk No

123 1wk No

124 30 day No

125 30 day No

126 30 day Yes

127 30 day No

128 1wk Yes

129 1wk Yes

130 30 day Yes

131 1wk No

132 30 day No

133 1wk Yes

134 1wk Yes

135 1wk No

136 1wk Yes

137 1wk No

138 1wk No

139 1wk No

140 1wk Yes

141 1wk No

142 30 day No

143 1wk Yes

144 1wk Yes

145 1wk Yes

146 1wk No

147 30 day No

148 1wk No

149 30 day Yes

150 30 day Yes

151 1wk No

152 1wk Yes

153 1wk Yes

154 30 day Yes

155 30 day No

156 30 day Yes

157 1wk No

158 30 day No

159 30 day No

160 1wk Yes

161 1wk Yes

162 1wk Yes

163 1wk No

164 1wk No

165 30 day No

166 30 day Yes

167 1wk No

168 1wk No

169 1wk No

170 30 day No

171 1wk No

172 30 day No

173 30 day Yes

174 1wk No

175 1wk Yes

176 1wk Yes

177 30 day No

178 1wk Yes

179 1wk No

180 1wk No

181 30 day Yes

182 30 day No

183 1wk No

184 1wk Yes

185 30 day Yes

186 30 day No

187 1wk No

188 30 day No

189 1wk Yes

190 30 day Yes

191 1wk No

192 1wk Yes

193 1wk Yes

194 30 day Yes

195 30 day Yes

196 30 day No

197 1wk Yes

198 1wk Yes

199 30 day Yes

200 30 day Yes

201 1wk No

202 1wk No

203 1wk Yes

204 30 day No

205 30 day No

206 30 day No

207 1wk No

208 30 day Yes

209 30 day Yes

210 1wk Yes

211 30 day No

212 30 day Yes

213 1wk No

214 30 day Yes

215 30 day No

216 1wk No

217 30 day Yes

218 1wk No

219 1wk No

220 1wk Yes

221 1wk No

222 30 day No

223 1wk No

224 30 day Yes

225 30 day No

226 1wk No

227 1wk Yes

228 1wk No

229 1wk No

230 1wk No

231 30 day Yes

232 1wk No

233 30 day Yes

234 1wk No

235 1wk Yes

236 30 day Yes

237 30 day No

238 1wk No

239 1wk No

240 30 day No

241 1wk No

242 1wk No

243 30 day No

244 30 day No

245 1wk No

246 1wk No

247 1wk No

248 1wk Yes

249 1wk No

250 30 day Yes

251 30 day Yes

252 30 day Yes

253 30 day No

254 1wk No

255 30 day No

256 1wk Yes

257 1wk No

258 1wk Yes

259 30 day Yes

260 1wk No

261 1wk No

262 1wk No

263 1wk No

264 30 day No

265 1wk No

266 30 day No

267 30 day Yes

268 1wk Yes

269 1wk No

270 1wk No

271 30 day Yes

272 1wk No

273 1wk No

274 30 day No

275 30 day No

276 30 day Yes

277 30 day No

278 1wk Yes

279 1wk Yes

280 30 day Yes

281 1wk No

282 30 day No

283 1wk Yes

284 1wk Yes

285 1wk No

286 1wk Yes

287 1wk No

288 1wk No

289 1wk No

290 1wk Yes

291 1wk No

292 30 day No

293 1wk Yes

294 1wk Yes

295 1wk Yes

296 1wk No

297 30 day No

298 1wk No

299 30 day Yes

300 30 day Yes

301 90 day No

302 90 day Yes

303 90 day Yes

304 90 day Yes

305 90 day No

306 90 day Yes

307 90 day No

308 90 day No

309 90 day No

310 90 day Yes

311 90 day Yes

312 90 day Yes

313 90 day No

314 90 day No

315 90 day No

316 90 day Yes

317 90 day No

318 90 day No

319 90 day No

320 90 day No

321 90 day No

322 90 day No

323 90 day Yes

324 90 day No

325 90 day Yes

326 90 day Yes

327 90 day No

328 90 day Yes

329 90 day No

330 90 day No

331 90 day Yes

332 90 day No

333 90 day No

334 90 day Yes

335 90 day Yes

336 90 day No

337 90 day No

338 90 day No

339 90 day Yes

340 90 day Yes

341 90 day No

342 90 day Yes

343 90 day Yes

344 90 day Yes

345 90 day Yes

346 90 day No

347 90 day Yes

348 90 day Yes

349 90 day Yes

350 90 day Yes

351 90 day No

352 90 day No

353 90 day Yes

354 90 day No

355 90 day No

356 90 day No

357 90 day No

358 90 day Yes

359 90 day Yes

360 90 day Yes

361 90 day No

362 90 day Yes

363 90 day No

364 90 day Yes

365 90 day No

366 90 day No

367 90 day Yes

368 90 day No

369 90 day No

370 90 day Yes

371 90 day No

372 90 day No

373 90 day No

374 90 day Yes

375 90 day No

376 90 day No

377 90 day Yes

378 90 day No

379 90 day No

380 90 day No

381 90 day Yes

382 90 day No

383 90 day Yes

384 90 day No

385 90 day Yes

386 90 day Yes

387 90 day No

388 90 day No

389 90 day No

390 90 day No

391 90 day No

392 90 day No

393 90 day No

394 90 day No

395 90 day No

396 90 day No

397 90 day No

398 90 day Yes

399 90 day No

400 90 day Yes

401 90 day Yes

402 90 day Yes

403 90 day No

404 90 day No

405 90 day No

406 90 day Yes

407 90 day No

408 90 day Yes

409 90 day Yes

410 90 day No

411 90 day No

412 90 day No

413 90 day No

414 90 day No

415 90 day No

416 90 day No

417 90 day Yes

418 90 day Yes

419 90 day No

420 90 day No

421 90 day Yes

422 90 day No

423 90 day No

424 90 day No

425 90 day No

426 90 day Yes

427 90 day No

428 90 day Yes

429 90 day Yes

430 90 day Yes

431 90 day No

432 90 day No

433 90 day Yes

434 90 day Yes

435 90 day No

436 90 day Yes

437 90 day No

438 90 day No

439 90 day No

440 90 day Yes

441 90 day No

442 90 day No

443 90 day Yes

444 90 day Yes

445 90 day Yes

446 90 day No

447 90 day No

448 90 day No

449 90 day Yes

450 90 day Yes

Question

13) A pharmaceutical firm is conducting a study and the data appears below.

a) What is the appropriate null and alternate hypothesis to determine if generic drug selection depends on length of prescription?

b) Test the hypothesis of part a).

c) Using alpha = 0.05, draw a conclusion for the hypothesis test and state the conclusion in the context of the problem.

Perscription	Length	Generic Box Checked
1	1wk	No
2	1wk	Yes
3	1wk	Yes
4	30 day	Yes
5	30 day	No
6	30 day	Yes
7	1wk	No
8	30 day	No
9	30 day	No
10	1wk	Yes
11	1wk	Yes
12	1wk	Yes
13	1wk	No
14	1wk	No
15	30 day	No
16	30 day	Yes
17	1wk	No
18	1wk	No
19	1wk	No
20	30 day	No
21	1wk	No
22	30 day	No
23	30 day	Yes
24	1wk	No
25	1wk	Yes
26	1wk	Yes
27	30 day	No
28	1wk	Yes
29	1wk	No
30	1wk	No
31	30 day	Yes
32	30 day	No
33	1wk	No
34	1wk	Yes
35	30 day	Yes
36	30 day	No
37	1wk	No
38	30 day	No
39	1wk	Yes
40	30 day	Yes
41	1wk	No
42	1wk	Yes
43	1wk	Yes
44	30 day	Yes
45	30 day	Yes
46	30 day	No
47	1wk	Yes
48	1wk	Yes
49	30 day	Yes
50	30 day	Yes
51	1wk	No
52	1wk	No
53	1wk	Yes
54	30 day	No
55	30 day	No
56	30 day	No
57	1wk	No
58	30 day	Yes
59	30 day	Yes
60	1wk	Yes
61	30 day	No
62	30 day	Yes
63	1wk	No
64	30 day	Yes
65	30 day	No
66	1wk	No
67	30 day	Yes
68	1wk	No
69	1wk	No
70	1wk	Yes
71	1wk	No
72	30 day	No
73	1wk	No
74	30 day	Yes
75	30 day	No
76	1wk	No
77	1wk	Yes
78	1wk	No
79	1wk	No
80	1wk	No
81	30 day	Yes
82	1wk	No
83	30 day	Yes
84	1wk	No
85	1wk	Yes
86	30 day	Yes
87	30 day	No
88	1wk	No
89	1wk	No
90	30 day	No
91	1wk	No
92	1wk	No
93	30 day	No
94	30 day	No
95	1wk	No
96	1wk	No
97	1wk	No
98	1wk	Yes
99	1wk	No
100	30 day	Yes
101	30 day	Yes
102	30 day	Yes
103	30 day	No
104	1wk	No
105	30 day	No
106	1wk	Yes
107	1wk	No
108	1wk	Yes
109	30 day	Yes
110	1wk	No
111	1wk	No
112	1wk	No
113	1wk	No
114	30 day	No
115	1wk	No
116	30 day	No
117	30 day	Yes
118	1wk	Yes
119	1wk	No
120	1wk	No
121	30 day	Yes
122	1wk	No
123	1wk	No
124	30 day	No
125	30 day	No
126	30 day	Yes
127	30 day	No
128	1wk	Yes
129	1wk	Yes
130	30 day	Yes
131	1wk	No
132	30 day	No
133	1wk	Yes
134	1wk	Yes
135	1wk	No
136	1wk	Yes
137	1wk	No
138	1wk	No
139	1wk	No
140	1wk	Yes
141	1wk	No
142	30 day	No
143	1wk	Yes
144	1wk	Yes
145	1wk	Yes
146	1wk	No
147	30 day	No
148	1wk	No
149	30 day	Yes
150	30 day	Yes
151	1wk	No
152	1wk	Yes
153	1wk	Yes
154	30 day	Yes
155	30 day	No
156	30 day	Yes
157	1wk	No
158	30 day	No
159	30 day	No
160	1wk	Yes
161	1wk	Yes
162	1wk	Yes
163	1wk	No
164	1wk	No
165	30 day	No
166	30 day	Yes
167	1wk	No
168	1wk	No
169	1wk	No
170	30 day	No
171	1wk	No
172	30 day	No
173	30 day	Yes
174	1wk	No
175	1wk	Yes
176	1wk	Yes
177	30 day	No
178	1wk	Yes
179	1wk	No
180	1wk	No
181	30 day	Yes
182	30 day	No
183	1wk	No
184	1wk	Yes
185	30 day	Yes
186	30 day	No
187	1wk	No
188	30 day	No
189	1wk	Yes
190	30 day	Yes
191	1wk	No
192	1wk	Yes
193	1wk	Yes
194	30 day	Yes
195	30 day	Yes
196	30 day	No
197	1wk	Yes
198	1wk	Yes
199	30 day	Yes
200	30 day	Yes
201	1wk	No
202	1wk	No
203	1wk	Yes
204	30 day	No
205	30 day	No
206	30 day	No
207	1wk	No
208	30 day	Yes
209	30 day	Yes
210	1wk	Yes
211	30 day	No
212	30 day	Yes
213	1wk	No
214	30 day	Yes
215	30 day	No
216	1wk	No
217	30 day	Yes
218	1wk	No
219	1wk	No
220	1wk	Yes
221	1wk	No
222	30 day	No
223	1wk	No
224	30 day	Yes
225	30 day	No
226	1wk	No
227	1wk	Yes
228	1wk	No
229	1wk	No
230	1wk	No
231	30 day	Yes
232	1wk	No
233	30 day	Yes
234	1wk	No
235	1wk	Yes
236	30 day	Yes
237	30 day	No
238	1wk	No
239	1wk	No
240	30 day	No
241	1wk	No
242	1wk	No
243	30 day	No
244	30 day	No
245	1wk	No
246	1wk	No
247	1wk	No
248	1wk	Yes
249	1wk	No
250	30 day	Yes
251	30 day	Yes
252	30 day	Yes
253	30 day	No
254	1wk	No
255	30 day	No
256	1wk	Yes
257	1wk	No
258	1wk	Yes
259	30 day	Yes
260	1wk	No
261	1wk	No
262	1wk	No
263	1wk	No
264	30 day	No
265	1wk	No
266	30 day	No
267	30 day	Yes
268	1wk	Yes
269	1wk	No
270	1wk	No
271	30 day	Yes
272	1wk	No
273	1wk	No
274	30 day	No
275	30 day	No
276	30 day	Yes
277	30 day	No
278	1wk	Yes
279	1wk	Yes
280	30 day	Yes
281	1wk	No
282	30 day	No
283	1wk	Yes
284	1wk	Yes
285	1wk	No
286	1wk	Yes
287	1wk	No
288	1wk	No
289	1wk	No
290	1wk	Yes
291	1wk	No
292	30 day	No
293	1wk	Yes
294	1wk	Yes
295	1wk	Yes
296	1wk	No
297	30 day	No
298	1wk	No
299	30 day	Yes
300	30 day	Yes
301	90 day	No
302	90 day	Yes
303	90 day	Yes
304	90 day	Yes
305	90 day	No
306	90 day	Yes
307	90 day	No
308	90 day	No
309	90 day	No
310	90 day	Yes
311	90 day	Yes
312	90 day	Yes
313	90 day	No
314	90 day	No
315	90 day	No
316	90 day	Yes
317	90 day	No
318	90 day	No
319	90 day	No
320	90 day	No
321	90 day	No
322	90 day	No
323	90 day	Yes
324	90 day	No
325	90 day	Yes
326	90 day	Yes
327	90 day	No
328	90 day	Yes
329	90 day	No
330	90 day	No
331	90 day	Yes
332	90 day	No
333	90 day	No
334	90 day	Yes
335	90 day	Yes
336	90 day	No
337	90 day	No
338	90 day	No
339	90 day	Yes
340	90 day	Yes
341	90 day	No
342	90 day	Yes
343	90 day	Yes
344	90 day	Yes
345	90 day	Yes
346	90 day	No
347	90 day	Yes
348	90 day	Yes
349	90 day	Yes
350	90 day	Yes
351	90 day	No
352	90 day	No
353	90 day	Yes
354	90 day	No
355	90 day	No
356	90 day	No
357	90 day	No
358	90 day	Yes
359	90 day	Yes
360	90 day	Yes
361	90 day	No
362	90 day	Yes
363	90 day	No
364	90 day	Yes
365	90 day	No
366	90 day	No
367	90 day	Yes
368	90 day	No
369	90 day	No
370	90 day	Yes
371	90 day	No
372	90 day	No
373	90 day	No
374	90 day	Yes
375	90 day	No
376	90 day	No
377	90 day	Yes
378	90 day	No
379	90 day	No
380	90 day	No
381	90 day	Yes
382	90 day	No
383	90 day	Yes
384	90 day	No
385	90 day	Yes
386	90 day	Yes
387	90 day	No
388	90 day	No
389	90 day	No
390	90 day	No
391	90 day	No
392	90 day	No
393	90 day	No
394	90 day	No
395	90 day	No
396	90 day	No
397	90 day	No
398	90 day	Yes
399	90 day	No
400	90 day	Yes
401	90 day	Yes
402	90 day	Yes
403	90 day	No
404	90 day	No
405	90 day	No
406	90 day	Yes
407	90 day	No
408	90 day	Yes
409	90 day	Yes
410	90 day	No
411	90 day	No
412	90 day	No
413	90 day	No
414	90 day	No
415	90 day	No
416	90 day	No
417	90 day	Yes
418	90 day	Yes
419	90 day	No
420	90 day	No
421	90 day	Yes
422	90 day	No
423	90 day	No
424	90 day	No
425	90 day	No
426	90 day	Yes
427	90 day	No
428	90 day	Yes
429	90 day	Yes
430	90 day	Yes
431	90 day	No
432	90 day	No
433	90 day	Yes
434	90 day	Yes
435	90 day	No
436	90 day	Yes
437	90 day	No
438	90 day	No
439	90 day	No
440	90 day	Yes
441	90 day	No
442	90 day	No
443	90 day	Yes
444	90 day	Yes
445	90 day	Yes
446	90 day	No
447	90 day	No
448	90 day	No
449	90 day	Yes
450	90 day	Yes

Accepted Answer

a)
A null hypothesis is a statement of no difference, and the alternative hypothesis is simply the…