Test the claim that the proportion of people who own cats is larger than 40% at the 0.01 significance level. The null and alternative hypothesis would be: Based on a sample of 400 people, 44% owned cats The p-value is:     ______________  (to 2 decimals) Based on this we:  Reject the null hypothesis Fail to reject the null hypothesis

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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.3: Special Probability Density Functions
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Test the claim that the proportion of people who own cats is larger than 40% at the 0.01 significance level.

The null and alternative hypothesis would be:

Based on a sample of 400 people, 44% owned cats

The p-value is:     ______________  (to 2 decimals)

Based on this we: 

  • Reject the null hypothesis
  • Fail to reject the null hypothesis
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