Randolph College
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

 

Homework # 21 - MATH 2227


The problems on this homework must be done alone.  The honor code is in effect.

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You're testing to see if a coin is fair. You flip it 10,000 times and it comes up heads 5144 times.

 

1.  Is this a left-tailed, a right-tailed, or a two-tailed test?

a.  Left-tailed

b.  Right-tailed

c.  Two-tailed

 

2.  Compute the p-value of your result.

a.  0.2%

b.  0.4%

c.  0.8%

d.  2.0%

d.  4.0%

 

3.  In the above test, if \(\alpha = 1%\), what should we do?

a.  Accept the null hypothesis.

b.  Fail to reject the null hypothesis.

c.  Reject the null hypothesis.