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Comparing Sample Proportion and Population Proportion

Here are the steps to solve this problem: 1. State the null and alternative hypotheses: H0: The proportion of acne sufferers helped by the new treatment is 60% H1: The proportion of acne sufferers helped by the new treatment is not 60% 2. Type of test: One-tailed, right tailed since we want to see if the new treatment helps more people 3. Critical value: z=1.645 for a one-tailed test at the 0.05 significance level 4. Compute test statistic: z=1.96 5. Make a decision: Reject the null hypothesis since z=1.96 is in the rejection region

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Comparing Sample Proportion and Population Proportion

Here are the steps to solve this problem: 1. State the null and alternative hypotheses: H0: The proportion of acne sufferers helped by the new treatment is 60% H1: The proportion of acne sufferers helped by the new treatment is not 60% 2. Type of test: One-tailed, right tailed since we want to see if the new treatment helps more people 3. Critical value: z=1.645 for a one-tailed test at the 0.05 significance level 4. Compute test statistic: z=1.96 5. Make a decision: Reject the null hypothesis since z=1.96 is in the rejection region

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Comparing Sample

Proportion and
Population
Proportion
In lesson 2 and 3, we have compared
sample mean and population mean.
There are some instances that we want
to compare proportions. In this lesson
we shall learn how to determine if a
proportion from a sample differs
significantly from a proportion from a
population.
Review:

Convert the following percent to decimals.

1. 65 %
2. 2.5%
3. 1.4 %
4. 56.8%
5. 36%
Convert the following fractions to
decimals.

1. 4/5
2. 3/5
3. 3/10
4. 9/20
5. 3/8
To compare sample proportion and population
 

proportion, we use the z-test for one-sample proportion.


The test statistic for this test is

where
p = sample proportion ( )
x is the number of successes
= population proportion
n = sample size
Example 1

It has been claimed that less than 60%


of all purchases of a certain kind of computer
program will call the manufacturer’s hotline
within one month purchase. If 55 out 100
software purchasers selected at random call
the hotline within month of purchase, test
the claim at 0.05 level of significance.
Solution
 

Step 1 : Formulate the null and alternative


hypotheses.

: The proportion of purchasers that will call the


manufacturer’s hotline within one month or
purchase is 60 % or 0.60 ( = 0.60 )

: The proportion of purchasers that will call the


manufacturer’s hotline within one month or
purchase is 60 % or 0.60 ( < 0.60 )
Step 2 : Type of test : The test is one-tailed
(left tailed)
Critical Value: With the use if Table 5.1 the
critical value of z at 0.05 level, one-tailed
test is z = -1.65.
Rejection Region
Compute the test value.
 

Given : = 0.60, n = 100, = 0.55


Substitute the given values in the formula below.
Step 4 : Decision: Accept the null hypothesis
because the computed value or the test value
falls outside the rejection region.

Step 5 : Conclusion: There is no sufficient


evidence to concluded that the proportion of
purchasers that will call the manufacturer’s
hotline within one month of purchase is less
than 60%. Thus, the claim is false or
incorrect.
Example 2
A doctor claims that only 10% of all
the patients exposed to a certain
amount of radiation will fell ill effects. If
in a random sample, 5 out of 18
patients exposed to such radiation feel
some ill effects, test the doctor’s claim at
0.01 level of significance.
Solution
 

Step 1 : Formulate the null and alternative


hypotheses.

: The proportion of patients exposed to a certain


amount of radiation who will fell ill effects is equal to
10% or 0.10 ( = 0.10 )

: The proportion of patients exposed to a certain


amount of radiation who will fell ill effects is not equal
to 10% or 0.10 ( ≠ 0.10 )
Step 2 : Type of test : The test is one-tailed
(left tailed)
Critical Value: With the use if Table 5.1 the
critical value of z at 0.01 level, two-tailed test
is z = ± 2.58.
Rejection Region
Compute the test value.
 

Given : = 0.10, n = 18, = 0.28


Substitute the given values in the formula below.
Step 4 : Decision: Accept the null hypothesis
because the computed value or the test value
falls outside the rejection region.

Step 5 : Conclusion: There is no significant


difference between the sample proportion and
the population proportion. The doctor’s claim
that only 10% of all patients exposed to a
certain amount of radiation will feel ill effects
is correct.
Seatwork

An acne specialist has found that


60% of acne sufferers are helped by
existing treatments. He decides to test
new treatment on a random sample of
40 acne patients. If 28 of these responds
to his treatment, can be conclude that it
is significantly better at the 0.05 level?

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