document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1112362>Question 1112362</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Calvin thinks a certain potato chip maker is putting fewer chips in their regular bags of chips. He selected a random sample of 17 bags of potato chips from a normal population and calculated a P value of 0.049 for the sample.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) At a 5% level of significance, is there evidence that Calvin is correct? (Yes or No):  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) At a 10% level of significance, is there evidence that Calvin is correct? (Yes or No):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, please explain the relationship between the level of significance and a P value. Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Ho: u < K (claim)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ha: u>= K <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) At a 5% level of significance, is there evidence that Calvin is correct? (Yes or No): Since the p-value is less than 5%, reject Ho. Calvin is wrong.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) At a 10% level of significance, is there evidence that Calvin is correct? (Yes or No): Since the p-value is less than 10%, reject Ho. Calvin is wrong.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, please explain the relationship between the level of significance and a P value. Thank you!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the p-value is less than the level of significance, reject Ho.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note: If the p-value is less than alpha (for a one-tail test) that means<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the test statistic IS in the reject interval. So reject Ho.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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