According to a 2015 University of Michigan poll, 71.5% of high school seniors in the United States
Question:
According to a 2015 University of Michigan poll, 71.5% of high school seniors in the United States had a driver’s license. A sociologist thinks this rate has declined. The sociologist surveys 500 randomly selected high school seniors and finds that 350 have a driver’s license.
a. Pick the correct null hypothesis.
i. p = 0.715
ii. p = 0.70
iii. p̂ = 0.715
iv. p̂ = 0.70
b. Pick the correct alternative hypothesis.
i. p > 0.715
ii. p < 0.715
iii. p̂ < 0.715
iv. p ≠ 0.715
c. In this context, the symbol p represents (choose one)
i. the proportion of high school seniors in the entire United States that have a driver’s license.
ii. the proportion of high school seniors in the sociologist’s random sample that have a driver’s license.
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Introductory Statistics Exploring The World Through Data
ISBN: 9780135163146
3rd Edition
Authors: Robert Gould, Rebecca Wong, Colleen N. Ryan