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Big Ideas Math A Bridge To Success Algebra 1: Student Edition 2015

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ISBN:9781680331141

Author:HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

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Chapter4: Writing Linear Equations

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This problem is based on information taken from The Merck Manual (a reference manual used in most medical and nursing schools). Diltiazem is a commonly prescribed drug for hypertension. However, diltiazem causes headaches in about 11% of patients using the drug. It is hypothesized that regular exercise might help reduce the headaches. If a random sample of 206 patients using diltiazem exercised regularly and only 17 had headaches, would this indicate a reduction in the population proportion of patients having headaches? Use a 1% level of significance.

(a) What is the level of significance?

State the null hypothesis

H₀

and the alternate hypothesis

H₁

H₀

: p

H₁

: p

(b) What sampling distribution will you use?

The standard normalThe Student's t

since np

and nq

What is the value of the sample test statistic? (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

(c) Find the P-value of the test statistic. (Round your answers to four decimal places.)

Sketch the sampling distribution and show the area corresponding to the P-value.

(d) Based on your answers in parts (a) to (c), will you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? Are the data statistically significant at level ??

At the ? = 0.01 level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant.At the ? = 0.01 level, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant. At the ? = 0.01 level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are statistically significant.At the ? = 0.01 level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude the data are not statistically significant.

(e) Interpret your conclusion in the context of the application.

There is sufficient evidence at the 0.01 level to conclude that the true proportion of patients having headaches is less than 11%.There is insufficient evidence at the 0.01 level to conclude that the true proportion of patients having headaches is less than 11%.

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