Recent incidents of food contamination have caused great concern among consumers
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Recent incidents of food contamination have caused great concern among consumers. An article reported that 35 of 80 randomly selected Brand A brand chickens tested positively for either campylobacter or salmonella (or both), the leading bacterial causes of food-borne disease, whereas 67 of 80 Brand B brand chickens tested positive. (a) Does it appear that the true proportion of non-contaminated Brand A chickens differs from that for Brand B? Carry out a test of hypotheses using a significance level 0.01. (Use p1 for Brand A and p2 for Brand B.) State the relevant hypotheses. Ho: p1-p2 = 0 Ho: P1 P2>0 Hai P1-P2=0 Ho: Pi P20 Hai p1-p2 = 0 Ho: P1-P2=0 Hai P1 P2 0 Calculate the test statistic and P-value. (Round your test statistic to two decimal places and your P-value to four decimal places.) P-value =Explanation / Answer
Given that,
sample one, x1 =35, n1 =80, p1= x1/n1=0.438
sample two, x2 =67, n2 =80, p2= x2/n2=0.838
null, Ho: p1 - p2 = 0
alternate, H1: p1 - p2 ! = 0
level of significance, = 0.01
from standard normal table, two tailed z /2 =2.576
since our test is two-tailed
reject Ho, if zo < -2.576 OR if zo > 2.576
we use test statistic (z) = (p1-p2)/(p^q^(1/n1+1/n2))
zo =(0.438-0.838)/sqrt((0.638*0.363(1/80+1/80))
zo =-5.263
| zo | =5.263
critical value
the value of |z | at los 0.01% is 2.576
we got |zo| =5.263 & | z | =2.576
make decision
hence value of | zo | > | z | and here we reject Ho
p-value: two tailed ( double the one tail ) - Ha : ( p != -5.2625 ) = 0
hence value of p0.01 > 0,here we reject Ho
ANSWERS
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null, Ho: p1 - p2 = 0
alternate, H1: p1 - p2 != 0
test statistic: -5.26
p-value: 0
decision: reject H0.
The data suggests that the true proportion of non-contaminated chickens differs for the two companies.
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