It has recently been claimed that 25% of adults consider spring to be their favorite season of the year. A researcher is skeptical of this claim and believes this percentage is too low.  She surveys a random of 1,000 adults and finds that 390 of these adults consider spring to be their favorite season of the year.  As she prepares to conduct a hypothesis test, the researcher writes out her alternative hypothesis as “p < 0.25.”  What is wrong with this?   The alternative hypothesis should be “p > 0.39.” The alternative hypothesis should be “p < 0.39.” The alternative hypothesis should be “p > 0.25.” The alternative hypothesis should be “p = 0.25.” Nothing is wrong with the given alternative hypothesis.

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  1. It has recently been claimed that 25% of adults consider spring to be their favorite season of the year. A researcher is skeptical of this claim and believes this percentage is too low.  She surveys a random of 1,000 adults and finds that 390 of these adults consider spring to be their favorite season of the year.  As she prepares to conduct a hypothesis test, the researcher writes out her alternative hypothesis as “p < 0.25.”  What is wrong with this?

 

  1. The alternative hypothesis should be “p > 0.39.”
  2. The alternative hypothesis should be “p < 0.39.”
  3. The alternative hypothesis should be “p > 0.25.”
  4. The alternative hypothesis should be “p = 0.25.”
  5. Nothing is wrong with the given alternative hypothesis.
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