Proving Claims In the USA Today article “Power Lines Not a Cancer Risk for Kids,”

the first sentence states that “Children who live near high voltage power lines appear to be no more likely to get leukemia than other kids, doctors report today in the most extensive study of one of the most controversial issues ever done.” Representing the rate of leukemia for children not living near high voltage power lines by the constant

c, write the claim in symbolic form, then identify the null and alternative hypotheses suggested by this statement. Given that we either reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis, what possible conclusions can be made about the original claim? Can the sample data support the claim that children who live near high voltage power lines are no more likely to get leukemia than other children?