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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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Author:Amos Gilat

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A researcher believes that there is a difference in how cautious male stray cats and female stray cats are when approaching people. He knows that the stray cat population is 50% male and 50% female. In order to test this hypothesis, he visits 15 different areas where stray cats live and records the gender of the first cat to approach him. He finds that 11 of the 15 cats that approach him are male. Using a sign test and an alpha of .05:

Calculate the p-vlaue (or significance) of the obtained value (Hint: in a two - tailed test make sure to double the p-value).

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