In a study of 785 randomly selected medical malpractice lawsuits, it was 485 of them were dropped or dismissed. Use a 0.05 significant level to test the claim that most medical malpractice lawsuits are dropped or dismissed.  Which of the following is the hypothesis test to be conducted? A. H0: p=0.5 H1: p≠0.5 B. H0: p≠0.5 H1: p=0.5  C. H0: p=0.5 H1: p<0.5  D. H0: p<0.5 H1: p=0.5  E. H0: p=0.5 H1: p>0.5  F. H0: p>0.5 H1: p=0.5 What is the test statistic?  z= ___ What is P-Value ? P-Value = __ What is the conclusion about the null hypothesis? A. Reject the null hypothesis because the P-value greater than the significant level , α. B. Fail to reject the null hypothesis because the P-value is greater than the significant level, α. C. Fail to reject the null hypothesis becuase the P-value is less than or equal to the significant level. D. Reject the null hypothesis becuase the p-value is less than or equal to the significant level, α. What is the final conclusion? A. There is not sufficent to warrant objection of the claim that most medical malpractice lawsuits are dropped or dismissed.  B. There is not sufficent evidence to support the claim the most medical malpractice are dropped or dismissed.  C. There is sufficent evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that most medical malpractice lawsuits are dropped or dimissed.  D. There is sufficent evidence to suppport the claim that most medical malpractice lawsuits are dropped or dismissed.

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In a study of 785 randomly selected medical malpractice lawsuits, it was 485 of them were dropped or dismissed. Use a 0.05 significant level to test the claim that most medical malpractice lawsuits are dropped or dismissed. 

Which of the following is the hypothesis test to be conducted?

A. H0: p=0.5 H1: p≠0.5

B. H0: p≠0.5 H1: p=0.5 

C. H0: p=0.5 H1: p<0.5 

D. H0: p<0.5 H1: p=0.5 

E. H0: p=0.5 H1: p>0.5 

F. H0: p>0.5 H1: p=0.5

What is the test statistic? 

z= ___

What is P-Value ?

P-Value = __

What is the conclusion about the null hypothesis?

A. Reject the null hypothesis because the P-value greater than the significant level , α.

B. Fail to reject the null hypothesis because the P-value is greater than the significant level, α.

C. Fail to reject the null hypothesis becuase the P-value is less than or equal to the significant level.

D. Reject the null hypothesis becuase the p-value is less than or equal to the significant level, α.

What is the final conclusion?

A. There is not sufficent to warrant objection of the claim that most medical malpractice lawsuits are dropped or dismissed. 

B. There is not sufficent evidence to support the claim the most medical malpractice are dropped or dismissed. 

C. There is sufficent evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that most medical malpractice lawsuits are dropped or dimissed. 

D. There is sufficent evidence to suppport the claim that most medical malpractice lawsuits are dropped or dismissed. 

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