15
QuizMultiple Choice
Introduction to Hypothesis Testing — Unit test
Question 15 • CA-Statistics and Probability B
A teacher has a large container of blue, red, and green beads. She reports to the students that the proportion of blue beads in the container is 0.30. The students feel the proportion of blue beads is lower than 0.30. A student randomly selects 60 beads and finds that 12 of the beads are blue. The P-value for the test of the hypotheses, and , is 0.045. 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.