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QuizMultiple Choice
Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
Question 8 of 10 • CA-Statistics and Probability B
A statistics student believes that black cars are less likely to receive tickets for moving violations. Black cars make up 19% of all cars manufactured. The student randomly selects 70 moving violation records and finds that 10 of them involved black cars. The P-value for the test of the hypotheses, and , is 0.24. What is the correct conclusion given ?
Answer
A
Because the P-value is less than , the student should reject H0.
B
Because the P-value is less than , the student should fail to reject H0.C
Because the P-value is greater than , the student should reject H0.D
Because the P-value is greater than , the student should fail to reject H0.