1. A student at a university wants to determine if the proportion of students th

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1. A student at a university wants to determine if the proportion of students that use iPhones is less than 0.42. The hypotheses for this scenario are as follows. Null Hypothesis: p 0.42, Alternative Hypothesis: p < 0.42. If the student takes a random sample of students and calculates a p-value of 0.0256 based on the data, what is the appropriate conclusion? Conclude at the 5% level of significance.

Question 1 options:

1)

2)

3)

4)

5)

1)

The proportion of students that use iPhones is significantly less than 0.42.

2)

We did not find enough evidence to say the proportion of students that use iPhones is less than 0.42.

3)

The proportion of students that use iPhones is significantly larger than 0.42.

4)

The proportion of students that use iPhones is greater than or equal to 0.42.

5)

The proportion of students that use iPhones is significantly different from 0.42.

Explanation / Answer

The correct option is C

Explanation:

As p-value is less than 0.05 (since 5% is our level of significance), thus we reject H0 and conclude

3)The proportion of students that use iPhones is significantly larger than 0.42

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