A coin is tossed 10 000 times, and it turns up heads 5095 times. Is it reasonable to think that the coin is unbiased? Use 5% significance level.
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Therefore, our null hypothesis (H0) is that the coin is fair, meaning the probability of getting heads (p) is 0.5. The alternative hypothesis (H1) is that the coin is not fair, i.e., p ≠0.5. Show more…
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