Question

In an article about health care coverage it was claimed that 25% of residents of Texas do not have health care coverage. In a random sample of 240 residents of Texas it was found that 51 were uninsured. Is this sufficient evidence to reject the claim of 25% uninsured

Answer 1

No

Step-by-step explanation:

In this article, it is argued that 25% of residents of Texas do not have health insurance. However, in the study it was found that 51 out of 240 were uninsured. This represents a 21.25%. However, this is not enough evidence to dismiss the claim made in the article. 240 people is a small number, and this small sample is unlikely to be a good representation of the population of Texas at large. Moreover, even if we were to take this study into account, it is likely that we would need to repeat the experiment several times and in different locations in order to be able to have a more complete picture of healthcare in Texas.