Heather, a sociology major is interested in studying mass media topics. She is particularly interested in the percentage of mass media topics that relate to entertainment. Based on previous research, 72% of mass media topics relate to entertainment. She suspects this percent is different. During the process of hypothesis testing, she calculates a probability using the test statistic.
What is the probability associated with the test statistic called?

A. alternative hypothesis
B. critical value
C. p-value
D. significance level

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Answer:

Null hypothesis:[tex]p=0.72[/tex]  

Alternative hypothesis:[tex]p \neq 0.72[/tex]

[tex] p_v = 2*P(|z|>z_{calc})[/tex]

And the best answer for this case is:

C. p-value

Step-by-step explanation:

Data given and notation

n represent the random sample taken

[tex]\hat p[/tex] estimated proportion of interest

[tex]p_o=0.72[/tex] is the value that we want to test

[tex]\alpha=0.05[/tex] represent the significance level

z would represent the statistic (variable of interest)

[tex]p_v[/tex] represent the p value (variable of interest)  

Concepts and formulas to use  

We need to conduct a hypothesis in order to test the claim that the true proportion i 0.72 or no.:  

Null hypothesis:[tex]p=0.72[/tex]  

Alternative hypothesis:[tex]p \neq 0.72[/tex]  

When we conduct a proportion test we need to use the z statistic, and the is given by:  

[tex]z=\frac{\hat p -p_o}{\sqrt{\frac{p_o (1-p_o)}{n}}}[/tex] (1)  

The One-Sample Proportion Test is used to assess whether a population proportion [tex]\hat p[/tex] is significantly different from a hypothesized value [tex]p_o[/tex].

For this case the only probability that can be calculated from the statistic calculated is the p value given by:

[tex] p_v = 2*P(|z|>z_{calc})[/tex]

And the best answer for this case is:

C. p-value