Question

8 with H1:p>0.75, a test statistic is z=0.55. use a 0.05 significance level to find the p value and state the conclusion about the null hypothesis

Answer 1

Answer:

$p_v =P(z>0.55)=0.2912$  

So the p value obtained was a very high value and using the significance level given $\alpha=0.05$ we have $p_v>\alpha$ so we can conclude that we have enough evidence to FAIL to reject the null hypothesis.

Step-by-step explanation:

Data given and notation

n represent the random sample taken

$\hat p$ estimated proportion of interest

$p_o=0.75$ is the value that we want to test

$\alpha=0.05$ represent the significance level

Confidence=95% or 0.95

z would represent the statistic (variable of interest)

$p_v$ represent the p value (variable of interest)  

Concepts and formulas to use  

We need to conduct a hypothesis in order to test the claim that the true proportion is higher than 0.75.:  

Null hypothesis:$p\leq 0.75$  

Alternative hypothesis:$p > 0.75$  

When we conduct a proportion test we need to use the z statistic, and the is given by:  

$z=\frac{\hat p -p_o}{\sqrt{\frac{p_o (1-p_o)}{n}}}$ (1)  

The One-Sample Proportion Test is used to assess whether a population proportion $\hat p$ is significantly different from a hypothesized value $p_o$.

Calculate the statistic  

The statistic calculated on this case is:

$z= 0.55$  

Statistical decision  

It's important to refresh the p value method or p value approach . "This method is about determining "likely" or "unlikely" by determining the probability assuming the null hypothesis were true of observing a more extreme test statistic in the direction of the alternative hypothesis than the one observed". Or in other words is just a method to have an statistical decision to fail to reject or reject the null hypothesis.  

The significance level provided $\alpha=0.05$. The next step would be calculate the p value for this test.  

Since is a right tailed test the p value would be:  

$p_v =P(z>0.55)=0.2912$  

So the p value obtained was a very high value and using the significance level given $\alpha=0.05$ we have $p_v>\alpha$ so we can conclude that we have enough evidence to FAIL to reject the null hypothesis.