5 You may need to use the appropriate appendix table or technology to answer this question.Are Southern and Western states equally prone to fatal lightning strikes? Suppose the number of lightning strike fatalities over a 5-year period for Southern and Westem states are shown as follows.SouthernWesternFatalitiesFatalitiesStateStateALAZAR4CA4FL19IDGAMT2KYNM2LANVMS1OR2NC3UTOKWASCWYTNTX6VAUse a = 0.05 and test to determine whether the distribution of lightning fatalities is the same for these two regions.State the null and alternative hypotheses.O H: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states s0H: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states 0O H,: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states 2 oH: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states 0H: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states = 0Find the value of the test statistic.W =Find the p-value. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)p-value =What is your conclusion?O Reject H,. There is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of lightning fatalities is different for these two regions.O Do not reject H,. There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of lightning fatalities is different for these two regions.O Do not reject H. There is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of lightning fatalities is different for these two regions.O Reject H. There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of lightning fatalities is different for these two regions.

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5 You may need to use the appropriate appendix table or technology to answer this question.Are Southern and Western states equally prone to fatal lightning strikes? Suppose the number of lightning strike fatalities over a 5-year period for Southern and Westem states are shown as follows.SouthernWesternFatalitiesFatalitiesStateStateALAZAR4CA4FL19IDGAMT2KYNM2LANVMS1OR2NC3UTOKWASCWYTNTX6VAUse a = 0.05 and test to determine whether the distribution of lightning fatalities is the same for these two regions.State the null and alternative hypotheses.O H: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states s0H: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states > 0O H,: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states 2 oH: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states < 0O H,: The two populations of lightning fatalities are not identical.H: The two populations of lightning fatalities are identical.O H: The two populations of lightning fatalities are identical.H: The two populations of lightning fatalities are not identical.O H,: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states > 0H: Median number of lightning fatalities for Southern states - Median number of lightning fatalities for Western states = 0Find the value of the test statistic.W =Find the p-value. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)p-value =What is your conclusion?O Reject H,. There is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of lightning fatalities is different for these two regions.O Do not reject H,. There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of lightning fatalities is different for these two regions.O Do not reject H. There is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of lightning fatalities is different for these two regions.O Reject H. There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of lightning fatalities is different for these two regions.

Accepted Answer

Given,

AL
5

AR
1

FL
17

GA
7

KY
5

LA
5

MS
4

NC
3

OK
2

SC
4

TN
0

TX
9

VA
0…