Two professors at a local college developed a new teaching curriculum designed to increase students' grades in math classes. In a typical developmental math course, 48% of the students complete the course with a letter grade of A, B, or C. In the experimental course, of the 18 students enrolled, 11 completed the course with a letter grade of A, B, or C. Is the experimental course effective at the α = 0.025 level of significance? Complete parts (a) through (g).
(a) State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses:
H0: p = 0.48 versus Ha: p > 0.48
(b) Verify that the normal model may not be used to estimate the P-value:
Because np0(1 - p0) = 4.5 < 10, the normal model may not be used to approximate the P-value.
(c) Explain why this is a binomial experiment:
This is a binomial experiment because there is a fixed number of trials with two mutually exclusive outcomes. The trials are independent, and the probability of success is fixed at 0.48 for each trial.
(d) Determine the P-value using the binomial probability distribution. State your conclusion to the hypothesis test:
First, determine the P-value.
P-value: [To be calculated]