A 2011 survey, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported that 91% of Americans have paid leave. In January 2012, a random survey of 1000 workers showed that 89% had paid leave. The resulting p-value is. 0271; thus, the null hypothesis is rejected. It is concluded that there has been a decrease in the proportion of people, who have paid leave from 2011 to January 2012. What type of error is possible in this situation?

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Joshua Brady

26 September, 08:36

A 2011 survey, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported that 91% of Americans have paid leave. In January 2012, a random survey of 1000 workers showed that 89% had paid leave. The resulting p-value is. 0271; thus, the null hypothesis is rejected. It is concluded that there has been a decrease in the proportion of people, who have paid leave from 2011 to January 2012. What type of error is possible in this situation?

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Alexandria Pittman · Answer 1

Is possible to make a Type I error, where we reject a true null hypothesis.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have a hypothesis test of a proportion. The claim is that the proportion of paid leave has significantly decrease from 2011 to january 2012. The P-value for this test is 0.0271 and the nunll hypothesis is rejected.

As the conclusion is to reject the null hypothesis, the only error that we may have comitted is rejecting a true null hypothesis.

The null hypothesis would have stated that there is no significant decrease in the proportion of paid leave.

This is a Type I error, where we reject a true null hypothesis.