Determine whether the claim stated below represents the null hypothesis or the alternative hypothesis. If a hypothesis test isperformed, how should you interpret a decision that(a) rejects the null hypothesis or(b) fails to reject the nullhypothesis?

A researcher claims that morethan 86% of people had atleastone health care visit in the past year.

Does the claim represent the null hypothesis or the alternativehypothesis?

Since the claim

does not contain

contains

a statement ofequality, it represents the

null

alternative

hypothesis.

(a) How should you interpret a decision that rejects the nullhypothesis?

There is

sufficient

insufficient

evidence to

support

reject

the claim that morethan 86% of people had atleastone health care visit in the past year.

(b) How should you interpret a decision that fails to reject the nullhypothesis?

There is

insufficient

sufficient

evidence to

support

reject

the claim that morethan 86% of people had atleastone health care visit in the past year.