Use the Internet or a newspaper or magazine to find an example of a claim made by a political or special-interest group about some char- acteristic (e.g., favor gun control) of the U.S. population. In this activity, you represent a rival group that believes the claim may be false. 1. In your example, what kinds of evidence might exist which would cause one to suspect that the claim might be false and therefore worthy of a statistical study? Be specific. If the claim were false, how would consumers be hurt? 2. Describe what data are relevant and how that data might be collected. 3. Explain the steps necessary to reject the group's claim at level a. State the null and alternative hypotheses. If you reject the claim, does it mean that the claim is false? 4. If you reject the claim when the claim is actually true, what type of error has occurred? What is the probability of this error occurring? 5. If you were to file a lawsuit against the group based on your rejection of its claim, how might the group use your results to defend itself?

Use the Internet or a newspaper or magazine to find an example of a claim made by a political or special-interest group about some char- acteristic (e.g., favor gun control) of the U.S. population. In this activity, you represent a rival group that believes the claim may be false. 1. In your example, what kinds of evidence might exist which would cause one to suspect that the claim might be false and therefore worthy of a statistical study? Be specific. If the claim were false, how would consumers be hurt? 2. Describe what data are relevant and how that data might be collected. 3. Explain the steps necessary to reject the group's claim at level a. State the null and alternative hypotheses. If you reject the claim, does it mean that the claim is false? 4. If you reject the claim when the claim is actually true, what type of error has occurred? What is the probability of this error occurring? 5. If you were to file a lawsuit against the group based on your rejection of its claim, how might the group use your results to defend itself?

Calculus For The Life Sciences

2nd Edition

ISBN:9780321964038

Author:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.

Publisher:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.

Chapter12: Probability

Section12.3: Conditional Probability; Independent Events; Bayes' Theorem

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