You are conducting a study to see if the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is significantly different from 79% at a level of significance of αα = 0.10. According to your sample, 86 out of 98 potential voters prefer the Democratic candidate. For this study, we should use     The null and alternative hypotheses would be:      Ho:           (please enter a decimal)     H1:           (Please enter a decimal) The test statistic     = (please show your answer to 3 decimal places.) The p-value = (Please show your answer to 4 decimal places.) The p-value is     αα

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You are conducting a study to see if the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is significantly different from 79% at a level of significance of αα = 0.10. According to your sample, 86 out of 98 potential voters prefer the Democratic candidate.

  1. For this study, we should use    
  2. The null and alternative hypotheses would be:    
     Ho:           (please enter a decimal)   
     H1:           (Please enter a decimal)
  1. The test statistic     = (please show your answer to 3 decimal places.)
  2. The p-value = (Please show your answer to 4 decimal places.)
  3. The p-value is     αα
  4. Based on this, we should      the null hypothesis.
  5. Thus, the final conclusion is that ...
    • The data suggest the population proportion is not significantlydifferent from 79% at αα = 0.10, so there is not sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is different from 79%.
    • The data suggest the populaton proportion is significantly different from 79% at αα = 0.10, so there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is different from 79%
    • The data suggest the population proportion is not significantlydifferent from 79% at αα = 0.10, so there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is equal to 79%.
  6. Interpret the p-value in the context of the study.
    • There is a 3.34% chance of a Type I error.
    • If the sample proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is 88% and if another 98 voters are surveyed then there would be a 3.34% chance that we would conclude either fewer than 79% of all voters prefer the Democratic candidate or more than 79% of all voters prefer the Democratic candidate.
    • There is a 3.34% chance that the percent of all voters who prefer the Democratic candidate differs from 79%.
    • If the population proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is 79% and if another 98 voters are surveyed then there would be a 3.34% chance that either more than 88% of the 98 voters surveyed prefer the Democratic candidate or fewer than 70% of the 98 voters surveyed prefer the Democratic candidate.
  7. Interpret the level of significance in the context of the study.
    • There is a 10% chance that the earth is flat and we never actually sent a man to the moon.
    • If the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is different from 79% and if another 98 voters are surveyed then there would be a 10% chance that we would end up falsely concluding that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is equal to 79%.
    • If the population proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is 79% and if another 98 voters are surveyed then there would be a 10% chance that we would end up falsely concluding that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is different from 79%
    • There is a 10% chance that the proportion of voters who prefer the Democratic candidate is different from 79%.
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