Question #180642
14% of all Canadians have seasonal allergies. 21.48% of 149 Montrealers reported suffering from allergies. Develop a two-tailed alternative hypothesis. Use the period to indicate the decimal and not the comma. Ex: 52.3 NOT 52,3
Complete this concluding statement:
We have compared the sample statistic
Answer for part 1
%
to the population parameter
Answer for part 2
%
and found a z value of
Answer for part 3
which corresponds to a p value of
Answer for part 4
.
Using an alpha level of 0.05 we Answer
fail to reject
reject
the null hypothesis of no difference between the percentage of Montrealers and Canadians with seasonal allergies.
Expert's answer
Solution
We have compared the sample statistic 21.48% to the population parameter 14% and found a z value of 0.5199 which corresponds to a p value of P ≤ 0.05 Using an alpha level of 0.05 we reject the null hypothesis of no difference between the percentage of Montrealers and Canadians with seasonal allergies.
