Question

A police office claims that the proportion of people wearing seat belts is less than 65%. To test this claim, a random sample of 200 drivers is taken and its determined that 126 people are wearing seat belts. The following is the setup for this hypothesis test:
H0:p=0.65
Ha:p<0.65
In this example, the p-value was determined to be 0.277. Come to a conclusion and interpret the results for this hypothesis test for a proportion (use a significance level of 5%)
Select the correct answer below:
A. There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of people wearing seat belts is less than 65%.
B. There is NOT sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of people wearing seat belts is less than 65%.
C. There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of people wearing seat belts is less than 35%.
D. There is NOT sufficient evidence to conclude that the pronortion of people wearing seat belts is less than 35%

Answer 1

Answer:

Option A - There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of people wearing seat belts is less than 65%

Step-by-step explanation:

The police officers claim is that the proportion of people wearing seat belts is less than 65%.

Now, we are told that the p - value is 0.277.

In hypothesis, for a significance value of 0.05, if the P value is less than 0.05, we reject the null hypothesis and if P value is greater than or equal to 0.05, we fail to reject the null hypothesis.

Now, since the significance level is 5% = 0.05,we can see that the P-value is greater than the significance value of 0.05. Thus, we fail to reject the police claim that the proportion of people wearing seat belts is less than 65%.

So the correct option is A.