Hypertension it has been found that 26% of men 20 years and older suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure) and 31.5% of women are hypertensive. A random sample of 142 of each gender was selected from recent hospital records, and the following results are obtained. can you conclude that a higher percentage of women have high blood pressure? Use Standard diviation=.10\
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\[ H_0: p_{\text{women}} \leq p_{\text{men}} \] - Alternative hypothesis \(H_a\): The proportion of women with hypertension is greater than the proportion of men. \[ H_a: p_{\text{women}} > p_{\text{men}} \] Show more…
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It has been found that 26% of men 20 years and older suffer from hypertension (i.e., high blood pressure) and 31.5% of women are hypertensive. A random sample of 150 of each gender was selected from recent hospital records and the following results obtained. Can you conclude that a higher percentage of women have high blood pressure? Use alpha = 0.05. Men: 43 patients had high blood pressure Women: 52 patients had high blood pressure
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