A manufacturing assembly plant wants parts shipments that are no more than 2% defective. They have been ordering from Parts is Parts which has been meeting the 2% requirement. A new parts supplier, Better Parts, says they can maintain that rate or lower. As a test, the company purchases a random sample of parts from Better Parts. Which hypotheses should they use?

A) H₀: p = 0.02 B) H₀: p = 0.02 C) H₀: p 0.02 D) H₀: p < 0.02 E) H₀: p = 0.02

H_a: p 0.02 H_a: p < 0.02 H_a: p = 0.02 H_a: p = 0.02 H_a: p > 0.02