Question

3. When Gregor Mendel conducted his famous hybridization experiments with peas, one such experiment resulted in 580 offspring peas, with 26.2% of them having yellow pods. According to Mendel’s theory, 25% of them should have yellow pods. Use a .05 significance level to test the claim that the proportion of peas with yellow pods is 25%.

a. Check your assumptions (SINS).   





b. Set up the null and alternative hypotheses.
?0:______________________
?1:______________________
c. You will run the following type of test: (circle one)

Z-Test T-Test 1-PropZTest
d. You will run the following type of test: (circle one)

Left-tailed test Right-tailed test Two-tailed test
e. Compute the p-value. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.
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f. Which of the following decisions will you make? (circle one)

Reject ?? Fail to reject ??
g. State your conclusion about Mendel’s theory.

Answer 1