document.write( "Question 597285: Ayuh Fishin' Kamps on Moosehead lake advertises that 80% of its guests manage to catch fish every day they are there. A random sample taken last summer showed that 58 out of 80 guests did catch at least one fish every day.
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document.write( "A. What is the null hypothesis?
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document.write( "B. Is this 1-tailed or 2-tailed test?
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document.write( "C. What is the critical value for Z(alph=0.05)?
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document.write( "D.Do we reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #378116 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Ayuh Fishin' Kamps on Moosehead lake advertises that 80% of its guests manage to catch fish every day they are there. A random sample taken last summer showed that 58 out of 80 guests did catch at least one fish every day. \n" ); document.write( "A. What is the null hypothesis? \n" ); document.write( "Ho: p >= 0.8 \n" ); document.write( "Ha: p < 0.8 \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "B. Is this 1-tailed or 2-tailed test? \n" ); document.write( "Ha indicates it is a 1-tailed test. \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "C. What is the critical value for Z(alph=0.05)? \n" ); document.write( "z = 1.645 \n" ); document.write( "------------------ \n" ); document.write( "D.Do we reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? \n" ); document.write( "Sample proportion: 58/80 = 0.725 \n" ); document.write( "z(0.725) = (0.725-0.80)/sqrt(0.8*0.2/80) = -1.6771 \n" ); document.write( "--------------------- \n" ); document.write( "p-value = P(z < -1.6771) = 0.0476 \n" ); document.write( "------ \n" ); document.write( "Since the p-value is less than 5%, reject Ho. \n" ); document.write( "============================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |