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Grades Communication Assessments ToolsResources Left:1:26:03 Rose Poulard: Attempt 1 Express the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis in symbolic form. Use the correct symbol (?-Po) for the indicated parameter. An entomologist writes an article in a scientific journal which claims that fewer than 16 in ten thousand male fireflies are unable to produce light due to a genetic mutation. Use the parameter p, the true proportion of fireflies unable to produce light. A) Ho: p = 0.0016 H: p> 0.0016 B) Ho: p 0.0016 H1: p 2 0.0016 c) Ho: p -0.0016 H1: p

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The answer is option (B)

The null hypothesis is the initial statistical claim

Thus, H0 : p < 0.0016

Thus, alternative hypothesis, H1 : p>= 0.0016

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