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24 August, 18:52

A newspaper published an article about a study in which researchers subjected laboratory gloves to stress. Among 279 vinyl gloves, 60% leaked viruses. Among 279 latex gloves, 14% leaked viruses. See the accompanying display of the technology results. Using a 0.10 significance level, test the claim that vinyl gloves have a greater virus leak rate than latex gloves. Let vinyl gloves be population 1. Identify: null, alternative hypothesis, test statistic, and P-value.

The P-value is (1) the significance level?, so (2) the null hypothesis. There is (3) evidence to support the claim that vinyl gloves have a greater virus leak rate than latex gloves.

1) greater than / less than 2) reject / fail to reject 3) sufficient / insufficient

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Technology results:

Pooled proportion: 0.37

Test statistic, z: 11.3049

Critical z: 1.2816

P-value: 0.0000

80% Confidence interval: 0.4163430 < p1? p2 < 0.5083882

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  1. 24 August, 19:35
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    a) H0: Null Hypothesis: P1 = P2

    HA: Alternative Hypothesis:P1> P2

    The P-value is less than the significance level.

    Therefore, Reject the null hypothesis

    In conclusion, there is enough evidence to support the claim that vinyl gloves have a greater virus leak rate than latex gloves.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    (a) From the information given, we can identify the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.

    H0: Null Hypothesis: P1 = P2

    HA: Alternative Hypothesis:P1> P2

    (b) n1 which is size of sample 1 = 279

    p1 which is proportion of sample 1 = 0.60

    n2 which is size ofsample 2 = 279

    p2 which is proportion of sample 2 = 0.14

    P=n1p1+n2p2 / n1+n2

    =279 * 0.60+279 * 0.14/279+279

    =0.37

    Q = 1 - P = 0.63

    SE = √PQ (1/n1+1/n2)

    = √ 0.37 * 0.63 (1/279+1/279) = 0.0409

    So,

    Test statistic is:

    Z = (p1 - p2) / SE

    = (0.60 - 0.14) / 0.0409

    = 11.3049

    (c) The able of Area Under Standard Normal Curve gives the following area =

    0.5 approximately.

    So,

    P-value = 0.5 - 0.5 nearly = 0 nearly

    (d) From the information derived, the P-value is less than the significance level.

    Therefore, Reject the null hypothesis

    In conclusion, there is enough evidence to support the claim that vinyl gloves have a greater virus leak rate than latex gloves.
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