You are conducting a study to see if the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is significantly different from 71% at a level of significance of αα = 0.01. According to your sample, 41 out of 58 potential voters prefer the Democratic candidate. For this study, we should use     The null and alternative hypotheses would be:      Ho:            (please enter a decimal)     H1:            (Please enter a decimal) The test statistic     =  (please show your answer to 3 decimal places.) The p-value =  (Please show your answer to 4 decimal places.) The p-value is     αα Based on this, we should      the null hypothesis.

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
1st Edition
ISBN:9780547587776
Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL
Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL
Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 8CR
icon
Related questions
Question

You are conducting a study to see if the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is significantly different from 71% at a level of significance of αα = 0.01. According to your sample, 41 out of 58 potential voters prefer the Democratic candidate.

  1. For this study, we should use    
  2. The null and alternative hypotheses would be:    
     Ho:            (please enter a decimal)   
     H1:            (Please enter a decimal)
  1. The test statistic     =  (please show your answer to 3 decimal places.)
  2. The p-value =  (Please show your answer to 4 decimal places.)
  3. The p-value is     αα
  4. Based on this, we should      the null hypothesis.
  5. Thus, the final conclusion is that ...
    • The data suggest the population proportion is not significantly different from 71% at αα = 0.01, so there is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is different from 71%.
    • The data suggest the population proportion is not significantly different from 71% at αα = 0.01, so there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is equal to 71%.
    • The data suggest the populaton proportion is significantly different from 71% at αα = 0.01, so there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is different from 71%
  6. Interpret the p-value in the context of the study.
    • There is a 95.84% chance of a Type I error.
    • If the sample proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is 70% and if another 58 voters are surveyed then there would be a 95.84% chance that we would conclude either fewer than 71% of all voters prefer the Democratic candidate or more than 71% of all voters prefer the Democratic candidate.
    • There is a 95.84% chance that the percent of all voters who prefer the Democratic candidate differs from 71%.
    • If the population proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is 71% and if another 58 voters are surveyed then there would be a 95.84% chance that either fewer than 70% of the 58 voters surveyed prefer the Democratic candidate or more than 72% of the 58 voters surveyed prefer the Democratic candidate.
  7. Interpret the level of significance in the context of the study.
    • If the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is different from 71% and if another 58 voters are surveyed then there would be a 1% chance that we would end up falsely concluding that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is equal to 71%.
    • If the population proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is 71% and if another 58 voters are surveyed then there would be a 1% chance that we would end up falsely concluding that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is different from 71%
    • There is a 1% chance that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is different from 71%.
    • There is a 1% chance that the earth is flat and we never actually sent a man to the moon.
Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 4 steps with 3 images

Blurred answer
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition…
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition…
Algebra
ISBN:
9780547587776
Author:
HOLT MCDOUGAL
Publisher:
HOLT MCDOUGAL