In a study to test the effectiveness of barbless fishing hooks, 855 fish were caught with this type of hook, the hook was removed, and the fish was released.  26 of the released fish died.  Suppose the hypotheses are H0: p = .04 and Ha: p < .04.  What is the standardize test statistic (z-score) of the hypothesis test? A. -1.431 B. 0.05 C. 0.0304

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A: Significance​ level, α = 0.05

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A: Solution: Given information: n= 521  Sample size of adults  x= 234 adults said yes  p^= xn=234521=…

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A: Given,P-value=0.221level of significance (α)=0.10

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A: The claim of the test is to test whether the proportion of seniors living off-campus is…

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A: Decision rule :Reject Null hypothesis if z statistic &gt; zα/2 critical value at α level of…

Q: Historically, the percentage of U.S. residents who support stricter gun control laws has been 55%. A…

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Q: Back in April and May of 1985, the Gallup organization conducted a poll to estimate the   percentage…

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A: Given that, a newsletter publisher believes that 38% of their readers own a Rolls Royce. A testing…

Q: An independent-measures research study uses n = 15 participants in one group and n = 12 participants…

A: The formula for the degrees of freedom for the independent measure t test using conservative…

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Q: Two different simple random samples are drawn from two different populations. The first sample…

A: Given, n1 = 40, x1 = 22 n2 = 1900, x2 = 1375 α = 0.05

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Q: 5. It is claimed that the proportion of high school athletes who go on to play sports in college is…

A: Given,sample proportion(p^)=0.07population proportion(P)=0.08P-value=0.06α=0.05

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Q: A well-known brokerage firm executive claimed that 90% of investors are currently confident of…

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A: P( z &lt; -1.42 ) = NORMSDIST( -1.42) ------ Excel function                      = 0.0778…

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A: If the P-value is smaller then we reject the null hypothesis.

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Q: (a) in testing hypotheses, which of the following would be strong evidence against the null…

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A: Given P value=0.0803 Alpha=0.03

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Q: USA Today reported that about 47% of the general consumer population in the United States is loyal…

A: a) The level of significance is 0.01.

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Q: In a study of 800 randomly selected medical malpractice​ lawsuits, it was found that 515 of them…

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Q: According to a University Center for Logistics Management, 18% of all merchandise sold in the United…

A: Solution: State the hypotheses. Null hypothesis: H0: p=0.18 Alternative hypothesis: Ha:p≠0.18

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Confidence Intervals

When we calculate intervals in probability and statistics, it can be simply termed as finding out a confidence interval. The confidence interval is usually calculated from the data set which is observed. The value of the parameter that needs to be calculated is present here only.