SOLUTION: "Using your data from 50 tosses, test the claim that the population proportion of Kisses chocolates that land completely on the base IS 50% at a=10% level of significance." (We tos

Question 1040365: "Using your data from 50 tosses, test the claim that the population proportion of Kisses chocolates that land completely on the base IS 50% at a=10% level of significance." (We tossed the candies and the total # is 13 kisses that landed on the base)
C. Determine standardized test statistic
D. Find P-value

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Using your data from 50 tosses, test the claim that the population proportion of Kisses chocolates that land completely on the base IS 50% at a=10% level of significance." (We tossed the candies and the total # is 13 kisses that landed on the base)
C. Determine standardized test statistic
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p-hat = 13/50
z(13/50) = (13/50 - 0.5)/sqrt[0.5*0.5/50] = -3.6770
D. Find P-value::
Since Ha is p = 0.5
p-value = 2*p(z < -3.6770) = 2*normalcdf(-100,-3.6770) = 0.0002361..
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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