Governor Andy Beshear stated that COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting the AfricanAmerican community in Kentucky. As of April 21, there are 144 deaths from COVID-19 where the race of the patient is known, and of those 20 are African-American. AfricanAmericans make up 8% of the population of Kentucky overall. Does this information indicate that African-Americans in Kentucky are dying from COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate? Use an α = 0.05 significance level to test this claim.(a) What are the appropriate assumptions for a one-sample hypothesis teston proportions and are they met?(b) Give the null and alternative hypotheses.(c) What is the test statistic?(d) What is the P-value?(e) Write a brief summary of your conclusion
Governor Andy Beshear stated that COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting the AfricanAmerican community in Kentucky. As of April 21, there are 144 deaths from COVID-19 where the race of the patient is known, and of those 20 are African-American. AfricanAmericans make up 8% of the population of Kentucky overall. Does this information indicate that African-Americans in Kentucky are dying from COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate? Use an α = 0.05 significance level to test this claim.
(a) What are the appropriate assumptions for a one-sample hypothesis test
on proportions and are they met?
(b) Give the null and alternative hypotheses.
(c) What is the test statistic?
(d) What is the P-value?
(e) Write a brief summary of your conclusion
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