Question

Childhood obesity: A national health survey weighed a sample of

539

boys aged

6

-

11

and found that

83

of them were overweight. They weighed a sample of

523

girls aged

6

-

11

and found that

62

of them were overweight. Can you conclude that the proportion of boys who are overweight differs from the proportion of girls who are overweight? Let

p1

denote the proportion of boys who are overweight and

p2

denote the proportion of girls who are overweight. Use the

=α0.01

level of significance and the

P

-value method.

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State the null and alternate hypotheses.

:H0 :H1 This is a ▼(Choose one) test.

Answer 1