Nominal Data. In Exercises 9–12, use the sign test for the claim involving nominal data. Births  A random sample of 860 births in New York State included 426 boys and 434 girls. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that when babies are born, boys and girls are equally likely.

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Nominal Data. In Exercises 9–12, use the sign test for the claim involving nominal data.

Births  A random sample of 860 births in New York State included 426 boys and 434 girls. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that when babies are born, boys and girls are equally likely.

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The claim that boys and girls are equally likely is the null hypothesis. Thus, the alternative hypothesis is that boys and girls are not equally likely.

The hypotheses can be defined as:

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