Reconsider the data from the 2013 Gallup poll that asked randomly selected U.S. adults whether they wanted
Question:
Reconsider the data from the 2013 Gallup poll that asked randomly selected U.S. adults whether they wanted to stay at their current body weight or change.
a. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses in words.
b. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses in symbols. Be sure to specify what the symbols denote.
c. Give detailed, step-by-step instructions on how one could conduct a tactile simulation to generate a p-value to test the hypotheses stated in parts (a) and (b). Be sure to include details on the following:
• Would the simulation involve coins, dice, or index cards?
• How many tosses, rolls, or cards would be used?
• How many sets of tosses, rolls, or shuffles would you observe?
• What would you record aft er every repetition?
• How would you compute the p-value?
Step by Step Answer:
Introduction To Statistical Investigations
ISBN: 9781118172148
1st Edition
Authors: Beth L.Chance, George W.Cobb, Allan J.Rossman Nathan Tintle, Todd Swanson Soma Roy