(tb_87) A company that sells seeds claims that 80% of the seeds will grow into flowers (germinate). A biology teacher at a local high school does not know if using a fertilizer designed for adult plants will increase or decrease the germination rate of the seeds. The teacher decided to conduct an experiment to see if the proportion of seeds that germinate using the fertilizer is different than the claimed proportion by the company that sells the seeds. The teacher takes a random sample of 75 seeds and plants them with the fertilizer. All conditions for growing the plants, such as amount of sunlight or water, are the same for each plant. Of the 75 seeds, 67 of the seeds germinate. Do these data provide convincing evidence at the 5% significance level that the proportion of all seeds that are planted with the fertilizer and germinate is different than the 80% claimed proportion? Use the four-step process. 8.4.3 STATE:

(tb_87) A company that sells seeds claims that 80% of the seeds will grow into flowers (germinate). A biology teacher at a local high school does not know if using a fertilizer designed for adult plants will increase or decrease the germination rate of the seeds. The teacher decided to conduct an experiment to see if the proportion of seeds that germinate using the fertilizer is different than the claimed proportion by the company that sells the seeds. The teacher takes a random sample of 75 seeds and plants them with the fertilizer. All conditions for growing the plants, such as amount of sunlight or water, are the same for each plant. Of the 75 seeds, 67 of the seeds germinate. Do these data provide convincing evidence at the 5% significance level that the proportion of all seeds that are planted with the fertilizer and germinate is different than the 80% claimed proportion? Use the four-step process. 8.4.3 STATE:

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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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