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Marketers believe that 92%of adults in the United States own a cell phone. A cell phone manufacturer believes that number is actually lower. 200American adults are surveyed, of which, 174report having cell phones. Use a 5%level of significance. State the null and alternative hypothesis, find the p-value, state your conclusion, and identify the Type Iand Type IIerrors.

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a. Null hypotheses is H0:p=0.92

Alternative hypotheses is Ha:p<0.92

b. Value is 0.87

c. The sample result showed sufficient evidence that the percentage of adults in the United States and own a cell phone has become less than 92percent at the 5%level of significant.

d. Type Ierror: The fraction of adults in the United States who own a cell phone is not 92%when it is truly 92%.

TypeIIerror: The percentage of adults in the United States who own a cell phone is 92%when it is not actually 92%.

Step by step solution

01

Introduction

The rejection zone in left-tailed test is at the extreme left of the distribution. The null hypothesis in this case is that the claimed value is less than or equal to the population mean value

02

Explanation Part a

Because the problem is the percentage of adults in the United States who own a cell phone, this is an assessment of a single population proportion.

We'll have to put our theories to the truth.

H0:p=0.92vsHa:p<0.92

α=5%=0.05is used.

As this is a left-tailed test, the < tells.

The problem's graph is as follows:

03

Explanation Part b

A total of n=200American adults were polled, with x=174claiming to own a cell phone. The stochastic process Prepresents the percentage of Americans who own a cell phone. The test's distribution is normal, i.e.

P′:Np,p(1−p)n=N0.92,0.92×0.08200

We use the assumption of normality of the mean to get the

P-value=Pp′<0.87≈0.0046

where its data from getting is given as in the issue

p=xnp=174200p=0.87

04

Explanation Part c

We've come to the conclusion that

α=0.05>0.0046=P-value.

As a result, H0:p=0.92is rejected.

The sample data indicate sufficient evidence that the percent of people in the United States who own a mobile phone is far less than92%at the 5%level of significance.

05

Explanation Part d

"The proportion of American residents who own a smartphone is92%,H0

says the alternate hypothesis.

As a result, the Type I error is: Reject the null hypothesis that the percentage of adults in the United States who own a cell phone is less than 92%when it really is 92%

A type II error is characteristic as failing to reject the null hypothesis when it is wrong.

As a result, the Type II mistake is: Not to reject the null hypothesis that the percentage of adults in the United States who own a cell phone is92%when it is not.

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