Question: Expedia would like to test the hypothesis that the proportion of Southwest Airline flights that arrive on-time is less than 0.90. A random sample of

  1. Expedia would like to test the hypothesis that the proportion of Southwest Airline flights that arrive on-time is less than 0.90. A random sample of 140 United Airline flights found that 119 arrived on-time. Expedia would like to set = 0.05. Which one of the following statements is true?

A. Because the p-value is greater than , we reject the null hypothesis and cannot conclude that the proportion of United Airline flights that arrive on-time is less than 0.90.

B. Because the p-value is greater than , we fail to reject the null hypothesis and cannot conclude that the proportion of United Airline flights that arrive on-time is less than 0.90.

C. Because the p-value is less than , we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the proportion of United Airline flights that arrive on-time is less than 0.90.

D. Because the p-value is less than , we fail to reject the null hypothesis and cannot conclude that the proportion of United Airline flights that arrive on-time is less than 0.90.

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