Mathematical Statistics with Applications
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Author: Dennis Wackerly, William Mendenhall, Richard L. Scheaffer
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10.6, Problem 52E
A biologist has hypothesized that high concentrations of actinomycin D inhibit RNA synthesis in cells and thereby inhibit the production of proteins. An experiment conducted to test this theory compared the RNA synthesis in cells treated with two concentrations of actinomycin D: 0.6 and 0.7 micrograms per liter. Cells treated with the lower concentration (0.6) of actinomycin D yielded that 55 out of 70 developed normally whereas only 23 out of 70 appeared to develop normally for the higher concentration (0.7). Do these data indicate that the rate of normal RNA synthesis is lower for cells exposed to the higher concentrations of actinomycin D?
- a Find the p-value for the test.
- b If you chose to use α = .05 what is your conclusion?
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