A researcher examined the folklore that women can predict the sex of their unborn child better than chance (50-50) would suggest. She asked 104 pregnant women to predict the sex of their unborn child, and 57 guessed correctly. Using this data, the researcher conducted a test at 5% significance level. a) The parameter of interest is       ["", "", "", ""]  b) The null hypothesis  is        ["", "", "", ""]  and the alternative hypothesis  is       ["", "", "", ""]  c) The observed value is       ["", "", "", ""]  .

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A researcher examined the folklore that women can predict the sex of their unborn child better than chance (50-50) would suggest. She asked 104 pregnant women to predict the sex of their unborn child, and 57 guessed correctly. Using this data, the researcher conducted a test at 5% significance level.

a) The parameter of interest is       ["", "", "", ""] 

b) The null hypothesis  is        ["", "", "", ""]  and the alternative hypothesis  is       ["", "", "", ""] 

c) The observed value is       ["", "", "", ""]  .

d) The researcher can reject the null for        ["", "", "", ""]  .

e)  type I error       ["", "", "", ""] 

f) The p-value=       ["", "", "", ""] 

g) Result: Since       ["", "", "", ""]   

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Sample size, n=104

No. of pregnant women guessed sex correctly, x=57

α=0.05

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