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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e §9.4 Rare Events, the Sample, Decision and Conclusion · Try It 2 · Statistics · Hypothesis testing

Rare Events, the Sample, Decision and Conclusion · Try It 2

It’s a Boy Genetics Labs claim their procedures improve the chances of a boy being born. The results for a test of a single population proportion are as follows:
H_0: p = 0.50, H_a: p > 0.50
α = 0.01
p-value = 0.025
Interpret the results and state a conclusion in simple, non-technical terms.

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