A comparison between species: Biologists wish to compare the prevalence of a genetic mutation across two species of Neema Toads. In a sample of 6 Neema Toads of Species I, 0.8% had the mutation while in a sample of 14 Neema Toads of Species II, 0.7% showed the mutation. Is there significant evidence to suggest a difference in the prevalence of the mutation across the two species? Conduct a hypothesis test at a significance level of α=0.01α=0.01. a) The hypotheses for this test are:

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A comparison between species: Biologists wish to compare the prevalence of a genetic mutation across two species of Neema Toads. In a sample of 6 Neema Toads of Species I, 0.8% had the mutation while in a sample of 14 Neema Toads of Species II, 0.7% showed the mutation. Is there significant evidence to suggest a difference in the prevalence of the mutation across the two species? Conduct a hypothesis test at a significance level of α=0.01α=0.01.

a) The hypotheses for this test are:
  • H0: pI - pII = 0
    Ha: pI - pII ≠ 0
  • H0: pI - pII = 0
    Ha: pI - pII < 0
  • H0: pII = 0.008
    Ha: pII ≠ 0.008
  • H0: pI - pII = 0
    Ha: pI - pII > 0


What is the test statistic for this test?
test statistic =  (Report answer accurate to 2 decimal places.)

What is the p-value for this test?
p-value =  (Report answer accurate to 4 decimal places.)

The decision reached is
  • Fail to reject H0
  • Reject H0 and accept Ha


As such, the final conclusion is that
  • The prevalence of the mutation is the same for both species.
  • There is significant evidence that suggests no difference in the prevalence of the mutation across the two species.
  • There is not significant evidence to suggest a difference in the prevalence of the mutation across the two species
  • There is significant evidence to suggest a difference between prevalence of the mutation across the two species
 
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