Question

Dr. Cawood's class is presented with a large bin that contains small plastic beads. The beads in the box are either purple or white. Dr. Cawood states that 25% of the beads are purple but Oliver, a student in Dr. Cawood's class believes that more than a quarter of the beads in the model box are purple. Select both a null and alternative hypothesis that represent this situation. Be careful of notation.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The null hypothesis is the hypothesis that is assumed to be true. It is an expression that is the opposite of what the researcher predicts.

The alternative hypothesis is what the researcher expects or predicts. It is the statement that is believed to be true if the null hypothesis is rejected.

From the given situation,

Dr. Cawood states that 25% of the beads are purple. This is the null hypothesis.

Oliver, a student in Dr. Cawood's class believes that more than a quarter of the beads in the model box are purple. This is the alternative hypothesis.

Therefore, the correct null and alternative hypotheses are

H0: p = 0.25 and HA: p > 0.25