A psychologist specializing counseling claims that, among all married couples, the proportion  p for whom her communication program can prevent divorce 79% . In a random sample of 240 married couples who completed her program, 174 of them stayed together. Based on this sample, can we reject the psychologist's claim at the 0.1 level of significance   The null hypothesis:  H0: ___ The alternative hypothesis: H1: ___ The type of test statistic: (Choose one) ___ The value of the test statistic: (Round to at least three decimal places.) ______ The p-value: (Round to at least three decimal places.) _____   Can we reject psychologist’s claim that the Proportion of married couples for whom her Program can prevent divorce is a least 79%?  Yes ____ or NO____

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A psychologist specializing counseling claims that, among all married couples, the proportion  p for whom her communication program can prevent divorce 79% . In a random sample of 240 married couples who completed her program, 174 of them stayed together. Based on this sample, can we reject the psychologist's claim at the 0.1 level of significance

 

The null hypothesis:  H0: ___

The alternative hypothesis: H1: ___

The type of test statistic: (Choose one) ___

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

The p-value: (Round to at least three decimal places.) _____

 

Can we reject psychologist’s claim that the

Proportion of married couples for whom her

Program can prevent divorce is a least 79%?  Yes ____ or NO____

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