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subjects developed cancer of the brain or nervous system. Test the claim of a so

ID: 2949352 • Letter: S

Question

subjects developed cancer of the brain or nervous system. Test the claim of a somewhat common belief that such cancers are affected by cell phone use. That is, test the claim that cell phone users develop cancer of the brain or nervous system at a rate that is different from the rate of 0.0340% for people who do not use cell phones. Because this issue has such great importance, use significance level. Identify the null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, test statistic, P-value, conclusion about the null hypothesis, and final conclusion that addresses the original claim. Use the P-value method and the normal distribution as an approximation to the binomial distribution.

Explanation / Answer

The statistical software output for this problem is:

One sample proportion summary hypothesis test:
p : Proportion of successes
H0 : p = 0.00034
HA : p ? 0.00034

Hypothesis test results:

Hence,

Hypotheses: Option D is correct.

z = -1.58

P - value = 0.1148

Conclusion: Option B is correct.

Final conclusion: Option D is correct.

Proportion Count Total Sample Prop. Std. Err. Z-Stat P-value p 124 420137 0.00029514182 0.000028442656 -1.5771444 0.1148