Life on Other Planets Forty-six percent of people believe that there is life on other planets in the universe. A scientist does not agree with this finding. He surveyed 100 randomly selected individuals and found 40 believed that there is life on other planets. At α=0.01, is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the percentage differs from 46% ? Use the P -value method with tables.   :H0   ▼(Choose one) :H1  ▼(Choose one) This hypothesis test is a ▼(Choose one) test.           Compute the test value. Always round z  score values to two decimal places. z= Find the P -value. Round the answer to four decimal places. P-value   (d)Make the decision.   (choose one) reject/do not reject the null hypothesis   (e)Summarize the results.   There is ▼(Choose one) that the percentage of people who believe that there is life on other planets differs from  46% .

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Life on Other Planets Forty-six percent of people believe that there is life on other planets in the universe. A scientist does not agree with this finding. He surveyed 100 randomly selected individuals and found 40 believed that there is life on other planets. At α=0.01, is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the percentage differs from 46% ? Use the P -value method with tables.

 

:H0   ▼(Choose one)

:H1  ▼(Choose one)

This hypothesis test is a ▼(Choose one) test.

 
 
 
 
 

Compute the test value. Always round z  score values to two decimal places.

z=

Find the P -value. Round the answer to four decimal places.

P-value

 
(d)Make the decision.
 
(choose one) reject/do not reject the null hypothesis
 
(e)Summarize the results.

 

There is ▼(Choose one) that the percentage of people who believe that there is life on other planets differs from 
46%
.
 
 
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