Question

1) Test the claim that the proportion of men who own cats is significantly different than 70% at the 0.1 significance level.

a) The null and alternative hypothesis would be:

H0:p=0.7
7H1:p<0.7

H0:μ=0.7
H1:μ>0.7

H0:p=0.7
H1:p>0.7

H0:μ=0.7
H1:μ≠0.7

H0:μ=0.7
H1:μ<0.7

H0:p=0.7
H1:p≠0.7

b)The test is:

2) Based on a sample of 70 people, 78% owned cats

a) The test statistic is: ______ (to 2 decimals)

b) The positive critical value is: ________ (to 2 decimals)

c) Based on this we:

• Fail to reject the null hypothesis
• Reject the null hypothesis

Answer 1