Time magazine reported the result of a telephone poll of 800 adult Americans. The question posed of the Americans who were surveyed was: "Should the federal tax on cigarettes be raised to pay for health care reform?" The question to be investigated: Is there sufficient evidence at the 𝛼=0.05, say, to conclude that the two populations — smokers and non-smokers — differ significantly with respect to their opinions?The test statistic for this hypothesis test is z = 2.18 with p-value 0.0292.What is the correct conclusion?
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Time magazine reported the result of a telephone poll of 800 adult Americans. The question posed of the Americans who were surveyed was: "Should the federal tax on cigarettes be raised to pay for health care reform?" The question to be investigated: Is there sufficient evidence at the 𝛼=0.05, say, to conclude that the two populations — smokers and non-smokers — differ significantly with respect to their opinions?The test statistic for this hypothesis test is z = 2.18 with p-value 0.0292.What is the correct conclusion?
Solution
The p-value of 0.0292 is less than the significance level of 0.05. This means that we reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, there is sufficient evidence at the 0.05 significance level to conclude that the two populations — smokers and non-smokers — differ significantly with respect to their opinions on whether the federal tax on cigarettes should be raised to pay for health care reform.
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