On average, the home team should win half the games if there was nohome field ad
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On average, the home team should win half the games if there was nohome field advantage. In the 2002 major league baseball season thehome team won 1314 of the 2425 regular season games, or 54.2% ofthe games. Use this data to answer the questions below about thehypothesis test
Ha: p > .50
where p is the proportion of home team wins.
The value of the test statistic for this hypothesis test is 4.12(round to 2 decimal places)
What is the correct conclusion for this hypothesis test whenthe P-value < 0.0001? Choose one
a.) The true proportion ofhome team wins is not 0.50 and there is a home-fieldadvantage
b.) The home team and thevisiting team both win about 50% of the time; we cannot reject thenull hypothesis
c.) We cannot reject the null hypothesis; theproportion p of home team wins is not significantly different from0.50
Explanation / Answer
Answer: c.) We cannot reject the null hypothesis; theproportion p of home team wins is not significantly different from0.50
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