In: Statistics and Probability
Of the 17.4 million overnight stays in Denver 477,000 guests chose Airbnb. This represents 2.74% of guests choose an Airbnb. In contrast, of the 8.420 billion overnight stays in the United States 33.9 million choose an Airbnb. This represents .40% of guests choose an Airbnb. Is there a statistical difference of Airbnb users in Denver compared to the United States?
The following information is provided: The sample size is N=17400000, the number of favorable cases is X=477000, and the sample proportion is
, and assuming the significance level is α=0.05
(1) Null and Alternative Hypotheses
The following null and alternative hypotheses need to be tested:
Ho:
Ha:
This corresponds to a two-tailed test, for which a z-test for one population proportion needs to be used.
(2) Rejection Region
Based on the information provided, the significance level is α=0.05, and the critical value for a two-tailed test is zc=1.96.
The rejection region for this two-tailed test is R={z:∣z∣>1.96}
(3) Test Statistics
The z-statistic is computed as follows:
(4) Decision about the null hypothesis
Since it is observed that ∣z∣=1547.344>zc=1.96, it is then concluded that the null hypothesis is rejected.
Using the P-value approach: The p-value is p=0, and since p=0<0.05, it is concluded that the null hypothesis is rejected.
(5) Conclusion
It is concluded that the null hypothesis Ho is rejected. Therefore, there is enough evidence to claim that the population proportion p is different than p0, at the α=0.05 significance level.
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