Question 16 (10 points) C Last year, President Bush granted a tax-cut check to a

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Question 16 (10 points) C Last year, President Bush granted a tax-cut check to all income tax filers. In doing so, it was reported that he thought that at least 30% of the households would use the tax-cut check to increase spending. According to a report by the University of Michigan Research Center (Wall Street Journal, Feb. 26, 2002), 220 of the 1000 people surveyed said that the 2001 tax-cut check they received has led them to increase spending. A Type ll error is to: Conclude that the proportion of people that would use the tax-cut check to increase spending is less than 30% when in fact the proportion is at least 30%. Conclude that the proportion of people that would use the tax-cut check to increase spending is at least 30% when in fact the proportion is less than 30%. Conclude that the proportion of people that would use the tax-cut check to increase spending is at least 22% when in fact the proportion is less than 22%. Conclude that the proportion of people that would use the tax-cut check to increase spending is less than 22% when in fact the proportion is at least 22%.

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A) Conclude that the proportion of people that would use the tax-cut check to increase spending is less than 30% when in fact the proportion is at least 30%.

Type II error occurs when we fail to reject the false null hypothesis.

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