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Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

Question 2 • CA-Statistics and Probability B

A local school board wants to determine if the proportion of households in the district that would support starting the school year a week earlier has changed from the previous year. Last year, the school board determined that 65% of households supported starting school earlier. They ask a random sample of 100 households this year, and 70% state they would support starting the school year earlier. Which hypotheses would determine if the proportion of households that support starting school earlier has changed this year?

Answer
A
H 0: p = 0.65, H alpha: p not-equals 0.65
Option A
B
H 0: p = 0.65, H alpha: p greater-than 0.65
Option B
C
H 0: p = 0.70, H alpha: p not-equals 0.70
Option C
D
H 0: p not-equals 0.70, H alpha: p = 0.70
Option D
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