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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have no clue, so could someone please assist me with this problem.  I'd really appreciate it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In Dallas, some fire trucks were painted yellow (instead of red) to heighten their visibility. During a test period, the fleet of red fire trucks made 153,348 runs and had 20 accidents, while the fleet of yellow fire trucks made 135,035 runs and had 4 accidents. At &#945; = .01, did the yellow fire trucks have a significantly lower accident rate? (a) State the hypotheses. (b) State the decision rule and sketch it. (c) Find the sample proportions and z test statistic. (d) Make a decision. (e) Find the p-value and interpret it. (f ) If statistically significant, do you think the difference is large enough to be important? If so, to whom, and why? (g) Is the normality assumption fulfilled? Explain. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) State the hypotheses. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ho: p(yellow)-p(red) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ha: p(yellow)-p(red) < 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) State the decision rule and sketch it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Reject Ho if the test statistic is less than -2.326..<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(c) Find the sample proportions and z test statistic.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "phat(yellow) = 4/135035<BR>\n" );
document.write( "phat(red) = 20/153348<BR>\n" );
document.write( "test statistic: z = -2.961<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(d) Make a decision. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Reject Ho.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(e) Find the p-value and interpret it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(z<-2.961 ) = 0.00153...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(f ) If statistically significant, do you think the difference is large enough to be important? If so, to whom, and why? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(g) Is the normality assumption fulfilled? Explain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Comment: I'll leave \"f\" and \"g\" to you.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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