Consider a hypothesis testing situation in which the null hypothesis is p = 0.48 and the alternative is p > 0.48. Data is gathered from a random sample, and calculations yield a value of z = 2.5.  Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn based on this information

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  1. Consider a hypothesis testing situation in which the null hypothesis is p = 0.48 and the alternative is p > 0.48. Data is gathered from a random sample, and calculations yield a value of z = 2.5.  Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn based on this information? 

 

  1. The P-value is larger than 0.10.
  2. There is a 2.5% chance that the null hypothesis is true.
  3. The value of 0.48 is called a statistic.
  4. The sample size must have been large.
  5. None of the above answers are correct.
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