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lracut11

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x is a random variable with the probability function: f(x) = x/6 for x = 1, 2, or 3 . The expected value of x is _____.
 a. 0.333
  b. 0.500
  c. 2.000
  d. 2.333

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A student believes that no more than 20 (i.e., 20) of the students who finish a statistics course get an A. A random sample of 100 students was taken. Twenty-four percent of the students in the sample received 'A's.
 a. State the null and alternative hypotheses.
  b. Using the critical value approach, test the hypotheses at the 1 level of significance.
  c. Using the p-value approach, test the hypotheses at the 1 level of significance.


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AngeliqueG

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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a. H0: p  .2
Ha: p > .2
b. Do not reject H0; test statistic z = 1 < 2.33
c. Do not reject H0; p-value = .1587 > .01


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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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