state reopen b_aa pc_nc b_aa_cat hi_pc_nc

Alabama yes 26.8 552.0697 yes yes

Alaska yes 3.7 80.37783 no no

Arizona yes 5.2 974.5674 no yes

Arkansas yes 15.7 535.7207 yes yes

California no 6.5 409.9693 no no

Colorado yes 4.6 205.618 no no

Connecticut no 12.2 283.203 yes no

Delaware no 23.2 424.949 yes no

District_of_Columbia no 46 495.0769 yes yes

Florida yes 16.9 534.3673 yes yes

Georgia yes 32.6 410.6552 yes no

Hawaii no 2.2 19.84643 no no

Idaho yes .9 224.8379 no no

Illinois no 14.6 424.0038 yes no

Indiana yes 9.9 286.6217 yes no

Iowa yes 4.1 490.3536 no yes

Kansas yes 6.1 238.354 no no

Kentucky yes 8.5 188.5769 no no

Louisiana yes 32.8 567.9537 yes yes

Maine no 1.7 125.7986 no no

Maryland yes 31.1 511.6381 yes yes

Massachusetts no 9 368.9516 yes no

Michigan no 14.1 191.5417 yes no

Minnesota yes 7 397.5259 no no

Mississippi yes 37.8 574.5344 yes yes

Missouri yes 11.8 144.6046 yes no

Montana yes .6 51.46064 no no

Nebraska yes 5.2 492.347 no yes

Nevada yes 10.3 401.5381 yes no

New_Hampshire no 1.8 175.1843 no no

New_Jersey no 15.1 307.3679 yes no

New_Mexico no 2.6 275.6543 no no

New_York no 17.6 248.1088 yes no

North_Carolina no 22.2 469.6473 yes yes

North_Dakota yes 3.4 243.2873 no no

Ohio no 13.1 221.668 yes no

Oklahoma yes 7.8 228.2807 no no

Oregon no 2.2 127.7936 no no

Pennsylvania no 12 215.8961 yes no

Rhode_Island yes 8.5 419.1206 no no

South_Carolina yes 27 573.1917 yes yes

South_Dakota yes 2.3 332.2184 no no

Tennessee yes 17.1 397.7055 yes no

Texas yes 12.9 436.7896 yes yes

Utah yes 1.5 368.2519 no no

Vermont no 1.4 44.07129 no no

Virginia no 19.9 404.5565 yes no

Washington no 4.4 202.7343 no no

West_Virginia yes 3.6 85.48406 no no

Wisconsin yes 6.7 292.3691 no no

Wyoming yes 1.3 137.8812 no no

Research Question - Was the proportion of states in the upper quartile of new cases per capita different between states that relaxed distancing restrictions early and states with a delayed reopening strategy?

1. What is your null hypothesis? State it both as a sentence and using statistical notation clearly defining your variables
2. What is your alternate hypothesis? State it both as a sentence and using statistical notation clearly defining your variables.