Consider a drug testing company that provides a test for marijuana usage. Among 317 tested subjects, results from 29 subjects were wrong (either a false positive or a false negative). Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that less than 10 percent of the test results are wrong

Consider a drug testing company that provides a test for marijuana usage. Among 317 tested subjects, results from 29 subjects were wrong (either a false positive or a false negative). Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that less than 10 percent of the test results are wrong

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

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ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.5: Comparing Sets Of Data

Problem 14PPS

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Consider a drug testing company that provides a test for marijuana usage. Among

317

tested subjects, results from

subjects were wrong (either a false positive or a false negative). Use a

0.05

significance level to test the claim that less than

percent of the test results are wrong

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