A hospital director is told that 60% of the treated patients are insured. The director wants to test the claim that the percentage of insured patients is below the expected percentage. A sample of 160 patients found that 80 were insured. Find the value of the test statistic. Round your answer to two decimal places.
Solution :
This is the two tailed test .
The null and alternative hypothesis is
H0 : p =0.60
Ha : p 0.60
n = 160
x =80
= x / n = 80 / 160 =0.50
P0 = 0.60
1 - P0 = 1 -0.60 =0.40
Test statistic = z
= - P0 / [P0 * (1 - P0 ) / n]
=0.50-0.60 / [(0.60*0.40) / 160]
= -2.58
Test statistic = z =-2.58
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