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Right-tailed test

we want to know if $ \hat{p}$ is significantly greater than $ p_0$ .

confidence interval method: If the upper limit of the confidence interval for the population proportion $ p$ (cell H28) is larger than $ p_0$ (the population proportion when the null hypothesis is true), accept the null hypothesis. Otherwise, reject it (the appropriate conclusion appears in cell H31).

classic method: If the $ Z$ -score (cell B13) is less than $ +z_{\alpha}$ , accept the null hypothesis. Otherwise, reject it (the appropriate conclusion appears in cell H22).

$ P$ -value method: If the probability of obtaining a $ Z$ -score as large as the one in cell B13 or larger in absolute value is less than $  \alpha $ , reject the null hypothesis. Otherwise, accept it (the appropriate conclusion appears in cell H25).






gene quinn 2006-12-04