document.write( "Question 1077569:  In a clinical trial, 34 out of 850 patients taking a prescription drug complained of flulike symptoms. Suppose that it is known that 2.8% of patients taking competing drugs complain of flulike symptoms. Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that more than 2.8% of this drug's users experience flulike symptoms as a side effect at the α=0.1 level of significance?\r
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document.write( "(a) 1.) what are the null and alternative hypotheses?
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document.write( "2. what is the P-value?\r
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document.write( "	Since P-value >α, reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there 
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document.write( "Is not sufficient evidence that more than 2.8% of the users experience flulike symptoms.
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document.write( "Since P-value <α reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is sufficient evidence that more than 2.8% of the users experience flulike symptoms.
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document.write( "Since P-value>α, do not rejectdo not reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is not 
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document.write( "sufficient evidence that more than 2.8% of the users experience flulike symptoms.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #692203 by Boreal(15235)    You can put this solution on YOUR website! Ho p<=0.028 \n" ); document.write( "Ha p>0.028 \n" ); document.write( "alpha is 0.1 \n" ); document.write( "test stat is one sample proportion z-test \n" ); document.write( "critical value z>1.28 \n" ); document.write( "z=(0.04-0.028)/SE; SE is sqrt {(p*(1-p))/n}=sqrt (.028*0.972/850}=0.0057 \n" ); document.write( "z=0.012/0.0057=2.12 \n" ); document.write( "reject Ho, there is sufficient evidence that greater than 2.8% exhibit flu-like symptoms. \n" ); document.write( "p-value is 0.017 \n" ); document.write( "  |