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A national study report indicated that 19.9% of Americans were identified as having medical bill financial...
A national study report indicated that 19.9% of Americans were identified as having medical bill financial issues. What if a news organization randomly sampled 400 Americans from 10 cities and found that 90 reported having such difficulty. A test was done to investigate whether the problem is MORE SEVERE among these cities. What is the value of the TEST STATISTIC (T.S.)?
a. 0.787
b. 2.479
c. 0.016
d. 1.302
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Let p denotes the true proportion of Americans were identified as having medical bill financial issues in selected 10 cities.
Here,
The value of the TEST STATISTIC = 1.302
ans-> d)
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A national study report indicated that 19.9% of Americans were identified as having medical bill financial...
A national study report indicated that 19.9% of Americans were
identified as having medical bill financial issues. What if a news
organization randomly sampled 400 Americans from 10 cities and
found that 90 reported having such difficulty. A test was done to
investigate whether the problem is MORE SEVERE among these cities.
What is the value of the TEST STATISTIC (T.S.)?
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b. 2.479
c. 0.016
d. 1.302
A national study report indicated that 19.9% of Americans were identified as having medical bill financial...
A national study report indicated that 19.9% of Americans were
identified as having medical bill financial issues. What if a news
organization randomly sampled 400 Americans from 10 cities and
found that 90 reported having such difficulty. A test was done to
investigate whether the problem is MORE SEVERE among these cities.
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