Chapter 8: Q. 9.63 (page 370)
Determine the sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis in favor of alternative hypothesis.
Right-tailed test
Short Answer
(a) The P-value is.
(b) The P-value is.
Chapter 8: Q. 9.63 (page 370)
Determine the sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis in favor of alternative hypothesis.
Right-tailed test
(a) The P-value is.
(b) The P-value is.
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a. Assuming that the true population proportion is 0.65, find the power of the test, which is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is false. (Hint: With a 0.05 significance level, the critical value is z = 1.645, so any test statistic in the right tail of the accompanying top graph is in the rejection region where the claim is supported. Find the sample proportion in the top graph, and use it to find the power shown in the bottom graph.)
b. Explain why the green-shaded region of the bottom graph represents the power of the test.
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