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2. The S.A. Department of Labour and Statistics South Africa released the current unemployment rate of 5.3% for the month in S.A. and claims the unemployment has not changed in the last two months. However, the STATSA reveal that there is a change in S.A's unemployment rate. What are the null and alternative hypotheses? (a) $H_0: p > 0.053$; $H_1: p < 0.053$ (b) $H_0: p = 0.053$; $H_1: p > 0.053$ (c) $H_0: p \neq 0.053$; $H_1: p = 0.053$ (d) $H_0: p = 0.053$; $H_1: p \neq 0.053$

          2. The S.A. Department of Labour and Statistics South Africa released the current unemployment rate of 5.3% for the month in S.A. and claims the unemployment has not changed in the last two months. However, the STATSA reveal that there is a change in S.A's unemployment rate. What are the null and alternative hypotheses?
(a) $H_0: p > 0.053$; $H_1: p < 0.053$
(b) $H_0: p = 0.053$; $H_1: p > 0.053$
(c) $H_0: p \neq 0.053$; $H_1: p = 0.053$
(d) $H_0: p = 0.053$; $H_1: p \neq 0.053$

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2. The S.A. Department of Labour and Statistics South Africa released the current unemployment rate of 5.3% for the month in S.A. and claims the unemployment has not changed in the last two months. However, the STATSA reveal that there is a change in S.A's unemployment rate. What are the null and alternative hypotheses?
(a) H0: p > 0.053; H1: p < 0.053
(b) H0: p = 0.053; H1: p > 0.053
(c) H0: p ≠ 0.053; H1: p = 0.053
(d) H0: p = 0.053; H1: p ≠ 0.053

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The null hypothesis (H0) is the statement that there is no change in S.A's unemployment rate. In this case, the null hypothesis would be that the unemployment rate is still 5.3%. The alternative hypothesis (Ha) is the statement that contradicts the null Show more…

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The unemployment rate is 5.3% for the month in S.A. and it is claimed that the unemployment has not changed in the last two months. However, STATSA reveals that there is a change in S.A's unemployment rate. What are the null and alternative hypotheses? a. H0: p > 0.053, Ha: p < 0.053 b. H0: p = 0.053, Ha: p > 0.053 c. H0: p < 0.053, Ha: p = 0.053 d. H0: p = 0.053, Ha: p < 0.053

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