The proportion of baby boys born in the United States has historically been 0.508. You choose an SRS of 50 newborn babies and find that 45% are boys. Do ALL calculations to 5 decimal places before rounding.

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Answer:

[tex]z=\frac{0.45 -0.508}{\sqrt{\frac{0.508(1-0.508)}{50}}}=-0.82[/tex]  

[tex]p_v =P(z<-0.82)=0.206[/tex]  

So the p value obtained was a very high value and using the significance level given [tex]\alpha=0.05[/tex] we have [tex]p_v>\alpha[/tex] so we can conclude that we have enough evidence to  FAIL to reject the null hypothesis, and we can said that at 5% of significance the proportion of newborn boys babies is not significantly lower than 0.508

Step-by-step explanation:

Data given and notation

n=50 represent the random sample taken

[tex]\hat p=0.45[/tex] estimated proportion of newborn boys babies

[tex]p_o=0.508[/tex] is the value that we want to test

[tex]\alpha=0.05[/tex] represent the significance level

Confidence=95% or 0.95  (asumed)

z would represent the statistic (variable of interest)

[tex]p_v[/tex] represent the p value (variable of interest)  

Concepts and formulas to use  

We assume that we want to check if the true proportion is less than 0.508.

Null hypothesis:[tex]p\geq 0.508[/tex]  

Alternative hypothesis:[tex]p < 0.508[/tex]  

When we conduct a proportion test we need to use the z statisitc, and the is given by:  

[tex]z=\frac{\hat p -p_o}{\sqrt{\frac{p_o (1-p_o)}{n}}}[/tex] (1)  

The One-Sample Proportion Test is used to assess whether a population proportion [tex]\hat p[/tex] is significantly different from a hypothesized value [tex]p_o[/tex].

Calculate the statistic  

Since we have all the info requires we can replace in formula (1) like this:  

[tex]z=\frac{0.45 -0.508}{\sqrt{\frac{0.508(1-0.508)}{50}}}=-0.82[/tex]  

Statistical decision  

It's important to refresh the p value method or p value approach . "This method is about determining "likely" or "unlikely" by determining the probability assuming the null hypothesis were true of observing a more extreme test statistic in the direction of the alternative hypothesis than the one observed". Or in other words is just a method to have an statistical decision to fail to reject or reject the null hypothesis.  

The significance level assumed is [tex]\alpha=0.05[/tex]. The next step would be calculate the p value for this test.  

Since is a left tailed test the p value would be:  

[tex]p_v =P(z<-0.82)=0.206[/tex]  

So the p value obtained was a very high value and using the significance level given [tex]\alpha=0.05[/tex] we have [tex]p_v>\alpha[/tex] so we can conclude that we have enough evidence to  FAIL to reject the null hypothesis, and we can said that at 5% of significance the proportion of newborn boys babies is not significantly lower than 0.508

It is concluded that the null hypothesis H₀ is not rejected. There is not enough evidence to claim that the population proportion p is less than 0.508, at the α =0.05 significance level.

What is the z test statistic for one sample proportion?

Suppose that we have:

  • n = sample size
  • [tex]\hat{p}[/tex] = sample proportion
  • p₀ = population proportion (hypothesised)

Then, the z test statistic for one sample proportion is:

[tex]Z = \dfrac{\hat{p} - p_0}{\sqrt{\dfrac{p_0(1-p_0)}{n}}}[/tex]

Making the hypothesis and performing the test, assuming that we want to test if the population mean proportion is < 0.508 at the level of significance 0.05.

  • (1) Null and Alternative Hypotheses

The following null and alternative hypotheses for the population proportion needs to be tested:

[tex]H_0: p \geq 0.508 \\\\ H_a: p & < & 0.508 \end{array}[/tex]

This corresponds to a left-tailed test, for which a z-test for one population proportion will be used.

  • (2) Rejection Region

Based on the information provided, the significance level is [tex]\alpha = 0.05[/tex], and the critical value for a left-tailed test is [tex]z_c = -1.64[/tex]

The rejection region for this left-tailed test is [tex]R = \{z: z < -1.645\}[/tex]

  • (3) Test Statistics

The z-statistic is computed as follows:

[tex]z & = & \displaystyle \frac{\hat p - p_0}{\sqrt{ \displaystyle\frac{p_0(1-p_0)}{n}}} \\\\& = & \displaystyle \frac{0.45 - 0.508}{\sqrt{ \displaystyle\frac{ 0.508(1 - 0.508)}{50}}} \\\\ & = & -0.82[/tex]

  • (4) Decision about the null hypothesis

Since it is observed that [tex]z = -0.82 \ge z_c = -1.645[/tex],  it is then concluded that the null hypothesis is not rejected.

Thus, it is concluded that the null hypothesis H₀ is not rejected. Therefore, there is not enough evidence to claim that the population proportion p is less than 0.508, at the α =0.05 significance level.

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