Author Question: Mike runs for the president of the student government and is interested to know whether the ... (Read 83 times)

dollx · **on:** Jun 24, 2018

Mike runs for the president of the student government and is interested to know whether the proportion of the student body in favor of him is significantly more than 50 percent. A random sample of 100 students was taken.

Fifty-five of them favored Mike. At a 0.05 level of significance, it can be concluded that the proportion of the students in favor of MikeA) is significantly greater than 50 percent because 55 percent of the sample favored him.
B) is not significantly greater than 50 percent.
C) is significantly greater than 55 percent.
D) is not significantly different from 55 percent.

Question 2

The probability that a product is found to be defective is 0.10. If we examine 50 products, which of the following has the highest probability?

A) 3 defective products are found.
B) 4 defective products are found.
C) 5 defective products are found.
D) 6 defective products are found.