Question

The claim that 20% of Americans know their credit score is tested. Suppose that the sample evidence causes us to fail to reject the null hypothesis claim that 20% of Americans know their credit score. State the final conclusion in simple, nontechnical terms.

A. There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the percentage of Americans who know their credit score is equal to 20%.
B. There is not sufficient evidence to reject the claim that the percentage of Americans who know their credit score is equal to 20%.
C. There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the percentage of Americans who know their credit score is not equal to 20%.
D. There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim.

Answer 1

B) when you fail to reject you aren’t supporting the null hypothesis, you just didn’t find evidence to prove it as false. So you would not have sufficient evidence to reject the null