Question 17 Influencing Voters A study is conducted to see if there is evidence that a recorded phone call is more effective than a mailed flyer in getting votes to support a certain candidate. The study assumes a significance level of α=0.05.           (a) What is the conclusion in the context of this study if the p-value for the test is 0.017?     Reject H0: There is evidence that a phone call is more effective than a flyer.   Do not reject H0: There is no evidence of a difference between a phone call and a flyer.               (b) In the conclusion in part (a), which type of error are we possibly making: Type I or Type II?     Type I   Type II             (c) What is the conclusion in the context of this study if the p-value for the test is 0.15?     Reject H0: There is evidence that a phone call is more effective than a flyer.   Do not reject H0: There is no evidence of a difference between a phone call and a flyer.             (d) In the conclusion in part (c), which type of error are we possibly making: Type I or Type II?     Type I   Type II

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Influencing Voters

A study is conducted to see if there is evidence that a recorded phone call is more effective than a mailed flyer in getting votes to support a certain candidate. The study assumes a significance level of α=0.05.
 
 
 
 
 

(a) What is the conclusion in the context of this study if the p-value for the test is 0.017?


 

 

Reject H0: There is evidence that a phone call is more effective than a flyer.

 

Do not reject H0: There is no evidence of a difference between a phone call and a flyer.
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

(b) In the conclusion in part (a), which type of error are we possibly making: Type I or Type II?




 

 

Type I

 

Type II

 

 
 
 
 
 

(c) What is the conclusion in the context of this study if the p-value for the test is 0.15?




 

 

Reject H0: There is evidence that a phone call is more effective than a flyer.

 

Do not reject H0: There is no evidence of a difference between a phone call and a flyer.
 
 
 
 
 
 

(d) In the conclusion in part (c), which type of error are we possibly making: Type I or Type II?




 

 

Type I

 

Type II

 
 
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