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WORKSHEET 1
FORMULATING HYPOTHESIS
1. A student researcher In Doña Helene NHS wants to test his assumption that 65%
of the senior high school students who enrolled in the academic track wanted to
become a teacher. He collected samples randomly and found out that 15 out of 100
students are planning to become a teacher. State the null and alternative
hypotheses.
a. Claim:
b. Parameter:
c. Representation:
d. Complementary Pair:
e. Hypotheses (words and in symbol)
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them and from the proper authorities and observes a mean age of 𝑥̅=45 years old.
place. She takes a random sample of COVID19 patients after obtaining consent from
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4. An online seller in Loreto regularly receives large shipments of fruits. For each
shipment that is received, the seller takes a random sample of 500 fruits to see
what percent of the sample is bruised and performs a significance test. If the
sample shows convincing evidence that more than 15% of the entire shipment of
fruits is bruised, then she will request a new shipment of fruits. Let p represent the
proportion of fruits in a shipment that are bruised. What are appropriate hypotheses
for the company's significance test?
Complementary Pair: _______________
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H 1=¿
5. Lito is a renowned basketball player who has made 80% of the free throws he has
attempted in his career. He decided to practice a new technique for shooting his
free-throws. Lito was curious if this new technique produced significantly better or
worse results. He tried the new technique and made 77% of 50 attempts. State the
null and alternative hypothesis.
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