Pregunta
When she was 9 years of age, a girl did a science fair experiment in which she tested professional touch therapists to see if they could sense her energy field She flipped a coin to select either her right hand or
her left hand, and then she asked the therapists to identify the selected hand by placing their hand just under her hand without seeing it and without touching it. Among 280 trials, the touch therapists were correct
123 times. Use a 0.10 significance level to test the claim that touch therapists use a method equivalent to random guesses. Do the results suggest that touch therapists are effective?
Let p denote the population proportion of correct hand selections by touch therapists. Identify the null and alternative hypotheses to test the claim that touch therapists use a method equivalent to random guesses.
(Type integers or decimals. Do not round)
Identify the test statistic.
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
her left hand, and then she asked the therapists to identify the selected hand by placing their hand just under her hand without seeing it and without touching it. Among 280 trials, the touch therapists were correct
123 times. Use a 0.10 significance level to test the claim that touch therapists use a method equivalent to random guesses. Do the results suggest that touch therapists are effective?
Let p denote the population proportion of correct hand selections by touch therapists. Identify the null and alternative hypotheses to test the claim that touch therapists use a method equivalent to random guesses.
(Type integers or decimals. Do not round)
Identify the test statistic.
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
Ask by Estrada Potter. in the United States
Mar 21,2025
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The test statistic is
.
Solución
- Define the sample proportion:
- Under the null hypothesis,
. The standard error is given by:
- The test statistic
is computed as:
Thus, the test statistic is:
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Beyond the Answer
To determine the test statistic for this scenario, we first need to calculate the sample proportion
of correct guesses by the touch therapists.
Given that the therapists were correct 123 times out of 280 trials, we calculate:
Next, we can use the formula for the test statistic
:
where:
-
(the population proportion under the null hypothesis), -
(the number of trials).
Now, substituting the values into the formula:
Thus, the test statistic is:
(rounded to two decimal places as needed).
Now you can use this test statistic to compare against the appropriate critical value for a significance level of 0.10, or compute the corresponding p-value to make your conclusion about the effectiveness of touch therapists.

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