Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134494043
Author: Jeff Bennett, William L. Briggs, Mario F. Triola
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9.1, Problem 5E
Does It Make Sense? For Exercises 5–12, determine whether the statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain clearly. Not all of these statements have definitive answers, so your explanation is more important than your chosen answer.
- 5. Interpreting a Hypothesis Test. To learn about smartphone ownership, I chose a null hypothesis claiming that the proportion of adults who own a smartphone is equal to 0.8, and the result of my hypothesis test proved this claim to be true.
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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life (5th Edition)
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