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A study is designed to test Ho: P-0.50 against H: p>0.50, taking a random sample

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Question

A study is designed to test Ho: P-0.50 against H: p>0.50, taking a random sample of size n-100, using a significance level of 0.05. Show that the rejection region consists of values of p> 0.582 a. Sketch a single picture that shows (i) the sampling distribution of p when Ho is true and (ii) the sampling distribution of p when p-0.60. Label each sampling distribution with its mean and standard error and highlight the rejection region. b. c. Find P(Type Il error) when p-0.60. d. Find the power of the study when p-0.60.

Explanation / Answer

Solution

Back-up Theory

To test hypotheses: Null H0 : p = p0   Vs HA : p > p0, Test Statistic is

Z = (pcap - p0)/?{ p0(1 - p0)/n} where pcap = sample proportion and n = sample size.

Under H0, distribution of Z can be approximated by Standard Normal Distribution, provided

np0 and np0(1 - p0) are both greater than 10.

Rejection Region is: Reject H0, if Zcal > Zcrit, where Zcrit = upper ?% of N(0, 1) for level of significance of ?%.

Using Excel Functions of N(0, 1), Critical Value = 1.645.

Now, to work out the answer,

Part (a)

As described above, rejection region is: {(pcap – 0.5)/?(0.5 x 0.5/100)} > 1.645 or

(pcap – 0.5) > 1.645 x 0.05 or

Pcap > 0.58225 or

So, rejection region consists of all values of pcap > 0.582. DONE

Part (b)

Distribution of X = n(pcap) is B(100, p), where p = population proportion, which is given to be 0.5 under H0 and 0.6 under H0

The two sampling distributions are given below: [probabilities are obtained from Excel Function: BINOMDIST(Number_s:Trials:Probability_s:Cumulative]

x

pcap

Probability Under

Cum. Probability Under

p = 0.5

p = 0.6

p = 0.5

p = 0.6

10

0.1

1.366E-17

1.604E-25

1.5316E-17

1.7297E-25

20

0.2

4.228E-10

2.864E-16

5.5795E-10

3.4204E-16

30

0.3

2.317E-05

9.0506E-10

3.9251E-05

1.2515E-09

40

0.4

0.0108439

2.4425E-05

0.02844397

4.2466E-05

50

0.5

0.0795892

0.01033751

0.53979462

0.0270992

58

0.58

0.0222923

0.07420719

0.95568696

0.37746732

60

0.6

0.0108439

0.08121914

0.9823999

0.53792466

70

0.7

2.317E-05

0.0100075

0.99998392

0.98522468

80

0.8

4.228E-10

1.0531E-05

1

0.99999412

90

0.9

1.366E-17

1.9612E-11

1

1

100

1

7.889E-31

6.5332E-23

1

1

Mean

0.5

0.6

SE

0.05

0.049

Rejection Region

In Bold

1 – (In Bold)

1 – (In Bold)

DONE

Part (c)

Probability of Type II Error = P(Accepting H0 when H1 is true, i.e., p = 0.6 given)

= P(pcap < 0.58225)

= 0.3775 [vide above Table last column against p = 0.58] ANSWER

Part (d)

Power = 1 - Probability of Type II Error = 0.6225 ANSWER

x

pcap

Probability Under

Cum. Probability Under

p = 0.5

p = 0.6

p = 0.5

p = 0.6

10

0.1

1.366E-17

1.604E-25

1.5316E-17

1.7297E-25

20

0.2

4.228E-10

2.864E-16

5.5795E-10

3.4204E-16

30

0.3

2.317E-05

9.0506E-10

3.9251E-05

1.2515E-09

40

0.4

0.0108439

2.4425E-05

0.02844397

4.2466E-05

50

0.5

0.0795892

0.01033751

0.53979462

0.0270992

58

0.58

0.0222923

0.07420719

0.95568696

0.37746732

60

0.6

0.0108439

0.08121914

0.9823999

0.53792466

70

0.7

2.317E-05

0.0100075

0.99998392

0.98522468

80

0.8

4.228E-10

1.0531E-05

1

0.99999412

90

0.9

1.366E-17

1.9612E-11

1

1

100

1

7.889E-31

6.5332E-23

1

1

Mean

0.5

0.6

SE

0.05

0.049

Rejection Region

In Bold

1 – (In Bold)

1 – (In Bold)