SOLUTION: Test the claim that the proportion of people who own cats is larger than 50% at the 0.10 significance level. The test is based on a random sample of 100 people, in which 58% of the
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Question 1191340: Test the claim that the proportion of people who own cats is larger than 50% at the 0.10 significance level. The test is based on a random sample of 100 people, in which 58% of the sample owned cats.
The null and alternative hypothesis would be:
H
0
:
p
=
0.5
H
1
:
p
≠
0.5
H
0
:
μ
=
0.5
H
1
:
μ
≠
0.5
H
0
:
μ
≤
0.5
H
1
:
μ
>
0.5
H
0
:
μ
≥
0.5
H
1
:
μ
<
0.5
H
0
:
p
≤
0.5
H
1
:
p
>
0.5
H
0
:
p
≥
0.5
H
1
:
p
<
0.5
The test is:
two-tailed
left-tailed
right-tailed
The p-value is:
(to 2 decimals)
Based on this we:
Fail to reject the null hypothesis
Reject the null hypothesis Answer by ikleyn(52817) (Show Source):
