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Testing a Claim about a Population Proportion

Question 165714 • Probability and Statistics with Applications Honors Sem-2-FL-1210300 (2024-2025)

What can be done to increase the power of this test to reject 0.97 if 0.98 is true? Check all that apply.

Answer
A
increase α
B
decrease α
C
increase n
D
decrease n
E
discard first results and select a separate random sample of 500 households

Explanation

Power is the probability of rejecting the null value 0.97 when the true value is 0.98. Increasing α makes rejection easier, which increases power, and increasing the sample size n reduces sampling variability, making the difference between 0.97 and 0.98 easier to detect. Decreasing α or n would lower power; taking a separate random sample does not inherently increase it.

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