It is thought that 12% of all students taking a particular course received a grade of A. In a sample of 155 students, it is found that 21 made an A. What is the test statistic(z value) for testing whether the true proportion is 12%?
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In this case, the null hypothesis (H0) is that the true proportion of students who receive a grade of A is 12%, or p = 0.12. The alternative hypothesis (H1) could be that the true proportion is not equal to 12%, but for calculating the test statistic, we focus on Show more…
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