Question

A basketball player claims to make 75% of his freethrows. During the next game, he attempts 60 free throws and only makes 34 of them. Is this convincing evidencethat the basketball player was exaggerating his free throwpercentage?Select the correct population parameter, null hypothesis, and alternative hypothesis.

Answer 1

The player claims to make 75% of his freethrows,

So, the null hypothesis is

`H_0\colon p=0.75`

And the alternative hypothesis is

`H_1\colon p<0.75`

Where p is the where p is the long-run proportion of made free throws.