Question

The Ericsson method is one of several methods claimed to increase the likelihood of a baby girl. In a clinical trial, results could be analyzed with a formal hypothesis test with the alternative hypothesis of p0.5, which corresponds to the claim that the method increases the likelihood of having a girl, so that the proportion of girls is greater than 0.5. If you have an interest in establishing the success of the method, which of the following P-values would you prefer: 0.999, 0.5, 0.95, 0.05, 0.01, 0.001? Why?The P-value of ▼ 0.9990.950.050.010.50.001 is preferred because it corresponds to the sample evidence that most strongly supports the ▼ alternativenull hypothesis that the method ▼ isis not effective.

Answer 1

ANSWER: The P-value of 0.001 is preferred because it corresponds to the sample evidence that most strongly supports the alternative hypothesis that the method is effective.

We chose the p-value of 0.001 because it is he smallest and the smaller the p-value is, the more probable it is.