document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1169341>Question 1169341</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you PLEASE SHOW me how to solve problem? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A hypothesis test is to be performed. State the null and alternative hypotheses.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A consumer group believes that the proportion of defects among computers produced by one manufacturer is greater than the 2% claimed by the company.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Select one:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Null hypothesis: proportion of defectives = 2%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alternative hypothesis: proportion of defectives > 2%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Null hypothesis: proportion of defectives < 2%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alternative hypothesis: proportion of defectives > 2%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Null hypothesis: proportion of defectives > 2%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alternative hypothesis: proportion of defectives = 2%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Null hypothesis: proportion of defectives = 2%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alternative hypothesis: proportion of defectives ≥ 2% </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A hypothesis test is to be performed. State the null and alternative hypotheses.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A consumer group believes that the proportion of defects among computers produced by one manufacturer is greater than the 2% claimed by the company.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the company claims that the proportion of defects is equal to 2%.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the consumer group believes that the proportion of defects is greater than 2%.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the claim of the consumer group is the alternate hypothesis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the claim of the company is the null hypothesis.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the null hypothesis is what is has been assumed to be.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the alternate hypothesis is the claim that it is not what it has been assumed to be.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "look for the null hypothesis to be equal to 2%.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that would be selection A or D.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "among those, look for the alternate hypothesis to be greater than 2%.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that would be selection A.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "selection A looks to be the closest to the claims of both the company and the consumer group, so go with selection A.\r<BR>\n" );
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