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9.4 Exercise 3

Avg difficulty 2.5

It’s a Boy Genetics Labs, a genetics company, claims their procedures improve the chances of a boy being born. The results for a test of a single population proportion are as follows:

H0: p = 0.50, Ha: p > 0.50

α = 0.01

p-value = 0.025

Interpret the results and state a conclusion in simple, nontechnical terms.

OpenStax Statistics, 9.4 Rare Events, the Sample, and the Decision and Conclusion, exercise 3

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