Suppose a researcher collected data to assess if a “majority" of all residents of a particular city were in favor of a newly proposed city ordinance. Her hypotheses are Ho: p = 0.5 versus Ha: p > 0.5; she would like to use a 10% significance level. A large enough random sample of residents was obtained and the resulting sample proportion was 0.41. The researcher has a few interns working on this project and has asked them to conduct the appropriate test and report an appropriate p-value. Here's what she received from her interns: Maya: p-value is 0.08 Martha: p-value is 0.41 Calvin: p-value is 0.62 Which of her interns reported a reasonable p-value? Explain. Hint: The precise p-value cannot be computed here, but you can eliminate interns' guesses.

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Determining a Majority
Suppose a researcher collected data to assess if a "majority" of all residents of a particular city were in favor of a newly proposed city ordinance.
Her hypotheses are Ho: p = 0.5 versus Ha: p > 0.5; she would like to use a 10% significance level.
A large enough random sample of residents was obtained and the resulting sample proportion was 0.41. The researcher has a few interns working on
this project and has asked them to conduct the appropriate test and report an appropriate p-value. Here's what she received from her interns:
Maya: p-value is 0.08
Martha: p-value is 0.41
Calvin: p-value is 0.62
Which of her interns reported a reasonable p-value? Explain.
Hint: The precise p-value cannot be computed here, but you can eliminate interns' guesses.
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Transcribed Image Text:Question 2: Determining a Majority Suppose a researcher collected data to assess if a "majority" of all residents of a particular city were in favor of a newly proposed city ordinance. Her hypotheses are Ho: p = 0.5 versus Ha: p > 0.5; she would like to use a 10% significance level. A large enough random sample of residents was obtained and the resulting sample proportion was 0.41. The researcher has a few interns working on this project and has asked them to conduct the appropriate test and report an appropriate p-value. Here's what she received from her interns: Maya: p-value is 0.08 Martha: p-value is 0.41 Calvin: p-value is 0.62 Which of her interns reported a reasonable p-value? Explain. Hint: The precise p-value cannot be computed here, but you can eliminate interns' guesses. Question 2 Answer No answer entered. Click above to enter an answer.
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