Question: You are conducting a study to see if the proportion of men over 50 who regularly have their prostate examined is significantly less than 0.35.

You are conducting a study to see if the proportion of men over 50 who regularly have their prostate examined is significantly less than 0.35. You use a significance level of=0.10.

H

0

:

p

=

0.35

H

A

:

p

<

0.35

You obtain a sample of size

n

=

228

in which there are 68 successes.

What is the test statistic for this sample? (Report answer accurate to three decimal places.)

test statistic =

What is the p-value for this sample? (Report answer accurate to four decimal places.)

p-value =

The p-value is...

less than (or equal to)

greater than

This test statistic leads to a decision to...

reject the null

accept the null

fail to reject the null

As such, the final conclusion is that...

There is sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that the proportion of men over 50 who regularly have their prostate examined is less than 0.35.

There is not sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that the proportion of men over 50 who regularly have their prostate examined is less than 0.35.

The sample data support the claim that the proportion of men over 50 who regularly have their prostate examined is less than 0.35.

There is not sufficient sample evidence to support the claim that the proportion of men over 50 who regularly have their prostate examined is less than 0.35.

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