Question

In a survey from 1998, 449 teenagers were surveyed about the music that they listen to. Of these teenagers, 129 of them said that their favorite genre of music is hip-hop. In a similar survey from 2008, 176 of 509 teenagers surveyed said that their favorite genre is hip-hop. Use a two-proportion hypothesis test to determine whether the proportion of teenagers whose favorite genre of music is hip-hop has changed from 1998 to 2008. Assume that the samples are random and independent. Use α=0.01. Let the sample from 1998 correspond to sample 1 and the other to sample 2. (a) Which answer choice shows the correct null and alternative hypotheses for this test? Select the correct answer below: H0:p1=p2; Ha:p1p2, which is a right-tailed test. H0:p1=p2; Ha:p1≠p2, which is a two-tailed test.

Answer 1

H0:p1=p2; Ha:p1≠p2, which is a two-tailed test.

Explanation:

We formulate our hypotheses as

H0:p1=p2; Ha:p1≠p2, which is a two-tailed test.

Supposing the probability or proportion of the first survey is equal to the probability or proportion of the second survey. This will be the null hypothesis and the alternative hypotheses would be that these two proportions or probabilities are unequal.

This is a two tailed test.