A 20-question multiple choice quiz has five choices for each question. Suppose that a student just guesses,
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A 20-question multiple choice quiz has five choices for each question. Suppose that a student just guesses, hoping to get a high score. The teacher carries out a hypothesis test to determine whether the student was just guessing. The null hypothesis is p = 0.20, where p is the probability of a correct answer.
a. Which of the following describes the value of the z-test statistic that is likely to result? Explain your choice.
(i) The z-test statistic will be close to 0.
(ii) The z-test statistic will be far from 0.
b. Which of the following describes the p-value that is likely to result? Explain your choice.
(i) The p-value will be small.
(ii) The p-value will not be small.
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Introductory Statistics Exploring The World Through Data
ISBN: 9780321978271
2nd Edition
Authors: Robert Gould, Colleen Ryan