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The seller of a loaded die claims that it will favor the outcome 6. We do not believe that claim, and roll the die 200 times to test an appropriate hypothesis. Our P-value turns out to be 0.03. Which conclusion is appropriato? Explain.

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Based on the given information, the appropriate conclusion is to reject the null hypothesis. The null hypothesis assumes that the die is fair and equally likely to produce each of the six outcomes. The alternative hypothesis assumes that the die is biased and favors the outcome of 6. The P-value of 0.03 indicates that there is a low probability of obtaining the observed results if the null hypothesis were true.

Typically, a P-value less than or equal to 0.05 is considered statistically significant. Therefore, a P-value of 0.03 provides strong evidence to reject the null hypothesis. We can conclude that the die is indeed biased towards producing the outcome of 6.

It is important to note that the result of this test only applies to the specific 200 rolls of the die that were performed. In order to make a more general conclusion, more tests would need to be performed using the same loaded die.

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