SOLUTION: Historical data show that 4% of the components produced by a certain manufacturer are defective.Someone challenged the figure of 4% and the management wanted to test whether this c

Question 463276: Historical data show that 4% of the components produced by a certain manufacturer are defective.Someone challenged the figure of 4% and the management wanted to test whether this claim has to be modified. If a random sample of 500 items resulted in 16 defective ones, is this significant evidence that the claim is incorrect?
By considering a significance level alpha = 0.05, what is the lowest rate of defective components that the manufacturer can claim, with the same experimental test results?

Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
H[o]:.04n=defective.
H[a]:.04n<>defective.
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, q=.96

Since -0.913 is more than -1.96. This is not significant evidence that the claim is incorrect.
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(x-.04)/.00876=-1.96
x-.04=-.0172
x=.0228 the lowest rate of defective components that the manufacturer can claim, with the same experimental test results.
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Ed
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