It is the aim of the Department of Health(DOH) to give measles vaccine to infants. When a barangay health worker in Casili, Mandaue City was asked by the City Health Officer of Mandaue City regarding the proportion of infants who received measles vaccine, the barangay health working claimed that 60% of infants had completed measles vaccine. On the basis of this claim, you as a City health personnel was tasked to verify this claim of the barangay health worker. You were able to interview 120 mothers. Seventy of these mothers confirmed that their children availed of the measles vaccine. You test the claim of the barangay health worker using 0.01 level of significance.

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It is the aim of the Department of Health(DOH) to give measles vaccine to infants. When a barangay health worker in Casili, Mandaue City was asked by the City Health Officer of Mandaue City regarding the proportion of infants who received measles vaccine, the barangay health working claimed that 60% of infants had completed measles vaccine. On the basis of this claim, you as a City health personnel was tasked to verify this claim of the barangay health worker. You were able to interview 120 mothers. Seventy of these mothers confirmed that their children availed of the measles vaccine. You test the claim of the barangay health worker using 0.01 level of significance.

1. What Is the null hypothesis?
2. What is the alternative hypothesis?
3. What is the sample proportion? Show necessary solutions.
4. Describe the direction of the alternative hypothesis.
5. What are the critical values?
6. What is value of the test statistic? Show necessary solutions.
7. Can you conclude that more than 60% of the infants had completed the
polio vaccine in barangay Casili? Why?
8. What findings will you report to the City Health Officer?
Transcribed Image Text:1. What Is the null hypothesis? 2. What is the alternative hypothesis? 3. What is the sample proportion? Show necessary solutions. 4. Describe the direction of the alternative hypothesis. 5. What are the critical values? 6. What is value of the test statistic? Show necessary solutions. 7. Can you conclude that more than 60% of the infants had completed the polio vaccine in barangay Casili? Why? 8. What findings will you report to the City Health Officer?
It Is the alm of the Department of Health(DOH) to glve measles vaccine to
infants. When a barangay health worker in Casili, Mandaue Clty was asked
by the City Health Officer of Mandaue City regarding the proportion of
infants who received measles vaccine, the barangay health working claimed
that 60% of infants had completed measles vaccine. On the basis of this
claim, you as a City health personnel was tasked to verify this claim of the
barangay health worker. You were able to interview 120 mothers. Seventy of
these mothers confirmed that their children availed of the measles vaccine.
You test the claim of the barangay health worker using 0.01 level of
significance.
Transcribed Image Text:It Is the alm of the Department of Health(DOH) to glve measles vaccine to infants. When a barangay health worker in Casili, Mandaue Clty was asked by the City Health Officer of Mandaue City regarding the proportion of infants who received measles vaccine, the barangay health working claimed that 60% of infants had completed measles vaccine. On the basis of this claim, you as a City health personnel was tasked to verify this claim of the barangay health worker. You were able to interview 120 mothers. Seventy of these mothers confirmed that their children availed of the measles vaccine. You test the claim of the barangay health worker using 0.01 level of significance.
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