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8 with H1:p>0.75, a test statistic is z=0.55. use a 0.05 significance level to find the p value and state the conclusion about the null hypothesis

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Answer:


p_v =P(z>0.55)=0.2912

So the p value obtained was a very high value and using the significance level given
\alpha=0.05 we have
p_v>\alpha so we can conclude that we have enough evidence to FAIL to reject the null hypothesis.

Explanation:

Data given and notation

n represent the random sample taken


\hat p estimated proportion of interest


p_o=0.75 is the value that we want to test


\alpha=0.05 represent the significance level

Confidence=95% or 0.95

z would represent the statistic (variable of interest)


p_v represent the p value (variable of interest)

Concepts and formulas to use

We need to conduct a hypothesis in order to test the claim that the true proportion is higher than 0.75.:

Null hypothesis:
p\leq 0.75

Alternative hypothesis:
p > 0.75

When we conduct a proportion test we need to use the z statistic, and the is given by:


z=\frac{\hat p -p_o}{\sqrt{(p_o (1-p_o))/(n)}} (1)

The One-Sample Proportion Test is used to assess whether a population proportion
\hat p is significantly different from a hypothesized value
p_o.

Calculate the statistic

The statistic calculated on this case is:


z= 0.55

Statistical decision

It's important to refresh the p value method or p value approach . "This method is about determining "likely" or "unlikely" by determining the probability assuming the null hypothesis were true of observing a more extreme test statistic in the direction of the alternative hypothesis than the one observed". Or in other words is just a method to have an statistical decision to fail to reject or reject the null hypothesis.

The significance level provided
\alpha=0.05. The next step would be calculate the p value for this test.

Since is a right tailed test the p value would be:


p_v =P(z>0.55)=0.2912

So the p value obtained was a very high value and using the significance level given
\alpha=0.05 we have
p_v>\alpha so we can conclude that we have enough evidence to FAIL to reject the null hypothesis.

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